Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 439 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Australia. Arnhem's Land, F. Mueller; Port Essington, Armstrong. Queensland. E. coast, R. Brown; Port Denison, Fitzalan; Burnett river and Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, F. Mueller; Rockhampton, Thozet, Dallachy (the latter with rather broader leaves and more hirsute)."

taxonomic synonym: Spermacoce stricta L.f. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 76 [secondary reference]

Valeton, T. (1910), Rubiaceae. Nova Guinea 8: 516 [basionym]

basionym of: Borreria brachystema (R.Br. ex Benth.) Valeton legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 253 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1182 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Spermacoce stricta L.f. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(25): 41

Specht, R.L. (1962), The nomenclature of some Borreria species from Northern Australia. Kew Bulletin 16(2): 239 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Borreria brachystema (R.Br. ex Benth.) Valeton legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 188 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Borreria brachystema (R.Br. ex Benth.) Valeton legitimate

Marsden, C.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Rubiaceae (except Gardenia). Flora of Central Australia: 282, Fig. 375 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Borreria brachystema (R.Br. ex Benth.) Valeton legitimate misapplication: Spermacoce stricta L.f. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(25): 41

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Rubiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 327, Fig. 46M [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Borreria brachystema (R.Br. ex Benth.) Valeton legitimate

James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Spermacoce. Flora of New South Wales 3: 492 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Borreria brachystema (R.Br. ex Benth.) Valeton legitimate

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Spermacoce. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 926, Fig. 285D [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Borreria brachystema (R.Br. ex Benth.) Valeton legitimate

Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 326-327, Fig 19 [secondary reference]

• Type: N. Australia. Arnhem's Land, F. Mueller; Port Essington, Armstrong. Queensland. E. coast, R. Brown; Port Denison, Fitzalan; Burnett river and Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, F. Mueller; Rockhampton, THozet, Dallachy (the latter with rather broader leaves and more hirsute).
• Lectotype: Port I [Port Curtis, between Curtis and Facing Island, Queensland, 8.viii.1802, R. Brown Iter Australiense 3510] (BM758167); isolectotype: K; syntypes: Rockhampton, Dallachy (K); Brisbane River, July 1855/Aug. 1855, F. Mueller (K); Moreton Bay, F. Mueller (K); excluded syntype (=S. dolichosperma): Arnhem's Land, F. Mueller (K); excluded syntype (= S. leptoloba): Port Essington, J. Armstrong (K)

nomenclatural synonym: Borreria brachystema (R.Br. ex Benth.) Valeton legitimate misapplication: Spermacoce stricta L.f. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(25): 41

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Borreria brachystema (R.Br. ex Benth.) Valeton legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Spermacoce brachystoma F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Borreria brachystema (R.Br. ex Benth.) Valeton legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. subvar. brachystema legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. var. brachystema legitimate misapplication: Spermacoce stricta L.f. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(25): 41

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Borreria brachystema (R.Br. ex Benth.) Valeton legitimate

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