Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 102 [primary reference]

• Type: "Habitat in Zeylona"

White, C.T. (1939), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50: 78 [secondary reference]

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

misapplied to: Spermacoce articularis L.f. legitimate by White, C.T. (1939), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50: 78

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