Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 442 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown."

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

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 303 [basionym]

basionym of: Borreria geeingwa var. hispida (Benth.) Specht legitimate

Specht, R.L. (1962), The nomenclature of some Borreria species from Northern Australia. Kew Bulletin 16(2): 240 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Borreria geeingwa var. hispida (Benth.) Specht legitimate

Forster, P.I. & Halford, D.A. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Rubiaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 177 [secondary reference]

Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 336 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Spermacoce elaiosoma Harwood legitimate

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