Bentham, G. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1848), Labiatae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 12: 67 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "ad Port Essington in Australia tropica (Armstrong!)"

• Comment: Published as `β elatior'.

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

• APC Comment: A name of uncertain application.

Paton, A.J., Mwanyambo, M., Govaerts, R.H.A., Smitha, K., Suddee, S., Phillipson, P.B., Wilson, T.C., Forster, P.I. & Culham, A. (23 August 2019), Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera. Phytokeys 129: 22 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Coleus australis (R.Br.) A.J.Paton legitimate

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