Andrews, H.C. (1810), The Botanist's Repository for New, and Rare Plants 10(121-126): t. 610 [tax. nov.]

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Bonpl. (1807).

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (14 December 1816), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 4(2): 727 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Ruellia elegans Poir. legitimate

Barker, R.M. (29 August 1996), Additional species, new combinations and other notes on Acanthaceae of Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 17: 139 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Illustration in Andrews, Bot. Repos. 10: tab. 610 (1810) based on specimen supplied by Donn, Curator of the Botanic Gardens at Cambridge."

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