Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 541 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland. ... Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, Mossman, F. Mueller. N.S. Wales. New England, C. Stuart; Clarence river, Beckler; Richmond river, Fawcett."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 272 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 86 [doubtful taxonomic synonym]

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Spilanthes grandiflora Turcz. legitimate

Jansen, R.K. (1985), Systematic Botany Monographs: 77 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "AUSTRALIA. New South Wales: Clarence River, [1862], Beckler s.n. (lectotype, here designated; K; isolectotypes: MEL,NSW)"

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

taxonomic synonym of: Acmella grandiflora var. brachyglossa (Benth.) R.K.Jansen legitimate

Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Trib. Heliantheae Subtrib. 4. Spilanthinae. Flora of Australia 37: 544 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acmella grandiflora var. brachyglossa (Benth.) R.K.Jansen legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acmella grandiflora var. brachyglossa (Benth.) R.K.Jansen legitimate

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