Jacquin, N.J. von (1763), Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia 1: 186, t. 176 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. in fruticetis & sepibus arboreis Domingo."

• Comment: nom. illeg., nom. superfl., as Jacquin includes two earlier species names (Duranta spinosa L. and D. inermis L.) in synonymy.

Bailey, F.M. (1907), The Weeds and Suspected Poisonous Plants of Queensland: 142 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 382 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (September 1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1107 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Duranta repens L. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Verbenaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 369 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Duranta repens L. legitimate

Munir, A.A. (8 May 1995), A taxonomic revision of the genus Duranta L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 16: 5 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Duranta erecta L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Duranta plumeri Stanley orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Duranta erecta L. legitimate

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