Jacquin, N.J. von (1787), Collectanea 1: 102 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In insula San Domingo sponte crescit"

Jacquin, N.J. von (1787), Icones Plantarum Rariorum 1(7/8): 11, t. 114 [secondary reference]

Kleinschmidt, H.E. & Johnson, R.W. (1977), Weeds of Queensland: 310 [secondary reference]

Keng, W. (1978), Labiatae. Flora Malesiana Series I 8(3): 369-371, Fig. 27d-f [secondary reference]

Barker, R.M. (1993), Lamiaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 370 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 305 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 68 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Lamiaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 95 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 237 [secondary reference]

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

misapplication: Hyptis rhomboidea Mart. & Galeotti legitimate by Forster, P.I. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Lamiaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 95

• APC Dist.: ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

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