Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Wallich, N. (15 August 1832), Acanthaceae Indiae orientalis. Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 3(12): 75, 81 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Enumeration of plants collected by A.C. Gregory, Esq., along and near Cooper's River and its tributaries, in sub-central Australia: 8 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 545, 546 [basionym]

basionym of: Ruellia sect. Dipteracanthus (Nees) Benth. legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 545 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ruellia L. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 99 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ruellia L. legitimate

Bremekamp, C.E.B. (1952), Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde; Tweede Sectie 48(2): 15 [secondary reference]

• Type: Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poiret) Nees

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 412 [secondary reference]

Barker, W.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Pedaliaceae, Acanthaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 336 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 61 [secondary reference]

pro parte taxonomic synonym: Ruellia L. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Aporuellia C.B.Clarke legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 61 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Brunoniella Bremek. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Acanthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 453 [secondary reference]

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 81-95 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 144 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ruellia L. legitimate

Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Acanthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 605 [secondary reference]

Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Acanthaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 380 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ruellia L. legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 9 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 279 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ruellia L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ruellia sect. Dipteracanthus (Nees) Benth. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Ruellia L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 545

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT, SA, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Brunoniella Bremek. legitimate by Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 412

Tripp, E.A. & Darbyshire, I. (2017), Phylogenetic Relationships Among Old World Ruellia L.: A New Classification and Reinstatement of the Genus Dinteracanthus Schinz. Systematic Botany 42(3): 479 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ruellia L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Dipterocanthus G.M.Cunn., W.E.Mulham, P.L.Milthorpe & J.H.Leigh orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Ruellia sect. Dipteracanthus (Nees) Benth. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Ruellia L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 545

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT, SA, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Dipterocanthus G.M.Cunn., W.E.Mulham, P.L.Milthorpe & J.H.Leigh orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Ruellia sect. Dipteracanthus (Nees) Benth. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Ruellia L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 545

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), ChI (doubtfully naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), SA, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW

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