Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 109 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 47 [secondary reference]

Miquel, F.A.W. (1856), Stirpes Novo-Hollandas a Ferd Mullero collectas determinavit. Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 4(1): 111 [secondary reference]

Hitchcock, A.S. in Ramsbottom, J., Wilmott, A.J., Wakefield, E.M. & Sprague, T.A. (ed.) (August 1929), The application of Linnean generic names to be determined by means of specified Standard-species. Nomenclature: Proposals by British Botanists: 124 [secondary reference]

• Type: Rubia tinctorum L.

Jarvis, C.E., Barrie, F.R., Allan, D.M. & Reveal, J.L. (1993), A List of Linnaean Generic Names and their Types. Regnum Vegetabile 127: 83 [secondary reference]

• Type: "R. tinctorum L. - Lectotype (designated here by Natali): Herb. Clifford: 35, Rubia, No. 1[beta] (BM)."

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