Brown, R. in Aiton, W.T. (1811), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 3: 409 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Phlomis zeylanica L. legitimate

White, C.T. (1919), Queensland Agricultural Journal Series 2 12: 141 [secondary reference]

Keng, W. (1978), Labiatae. Flora Malesiana Series I 8(3): 338 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Phlomis zeylanica L. legitimate

Barker, R.M. (1993), Lamiaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 369 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Phlomis zeylanica L. legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Lamiaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 95 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. (March 2004), Notes on Leucas R.Br. (Lamiaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 118: 3 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Phlomis zeylanica L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Phlomis indica L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leucas indica (L.) R.Br. legitimate

• Text: "It was first collected in Australia in 1913, at Cairns. It is now naturalised around Cairns and nearby areas, but it has not spread far, and there are few recent colletions."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Phlomis zeylanica L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Phlomis indica L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leucas indica (L.) R.Br. legitimate

• APC Dist.: ChI (doubtfully naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

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