Linnaeus, C. [filius] (April 1782), Supplementum Plantarum: 120 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India orientali."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(25): 41 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1182 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(25): 41

Marsden, C.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Rubiaceae (except Gardenia). Flora of Central Australia: 282 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(25): 41

Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 326 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(25): 41

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

misapplied to: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(25): 41

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