Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(25): 43 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In pratis ad flumen Victoria River, ejus ostium versus. F.M."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 441 [secondary reference]

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

Schumann, K. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (August 1891), Rubiaceae [continued]. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien IV, 4(64): 144 [basionym]

basionym of: Borreria inaperta (F.Muell.) K.Schum. legitimate

Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 342-343, Figs 8E-G, 25 APC [secondary reference]

• Type: Grassy places, lower Victoria River [NT], F. Mueller, holo: MEL104323

nomenclatural synonym: Borreria inaperta (F.Muell.) K.Schum. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT

---