Schwarz, O.K.A. (28 December 1927), Plantae novae vel minus cognitae Australiae tropicae. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 24(4-13): 102 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Port Darwin: 4 miles NE (Bleeser no. 146)."

taxonomic synonym: Spermacoce laevigata var. dilatata Benth. legitimate

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Pursh (1814)

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 208 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Borreria involucrata Chippend. legitimate

Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 352 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Spermacoce phalloides Harwood legitimate

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