Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 440 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland. N.E. coast, Banks and Solander, A. Cunningham; Howick's Isles, Macgillivray, F. Mueller."

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 5 [secondary reference]

Britten, J. in Banks, J. & Solander, D.C. (1901), Illustrations of Australian plants collected in 1770 during Captain Cook's voyage round the world 2: 48 [basionym]

basionym of: Tardavel marginata (Benth.) Britten legitimate

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

Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 348 APC [secondary reference]

• Type: N.E. coast, Banks and Solander, A. Cunningham; Howick's Isles, Macgillivray, F. Mueller.
• Lectotype: Howick's Isles [Queensland], Aug. 1848, J. Macgillivray; K172540; syntype: Howicks Group, Aug. 1855, F. Mueller; K172539 p.p.

nomenclatural synonym: Tardavel marginata (Benth.) Britten legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

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