Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(34): 63 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In pratis Australiae intertropicae et subtropicae haud infrequens."

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

taxonomic synonym of: Spilanthes grandiflora Turcz. legitimate

Domin, K. (1930), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1235 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Spilanthes grandiflora Turcz. legitimate

Jansen, R.K. (1985), The systematics of Acmella (Asteraceae-Heliantheae). Systematic Botany Monographs 8: 77 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "AUSTRALIA. [Queensland]: Rockhampton, v.Mueller s.n. (lectotype, here designated: MEL; isolectotype: MEL)"

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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