Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 192 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Narbona, Hispania, Lusitania, Italia."

Bailey, F.M. (1901), The Queensland Flora 4: 1094 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 357 [secondary reference]

Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 64 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Lycium ferocissimum Miers legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1901), The Queensland Flora 4: 1094

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Solanaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 430 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lycium ferocissimum Miers legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Lycium ferocissimum Miers legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1901), The Queensland Flora 4: 1094

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

misapplied to: Lycium ferocissimum Miers legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1901), The Queensland Flora 4: 1094

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