Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 270 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (23 October 1811), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 2(1): 324 [basionym]

basionym of: Commelina acuminata (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 1: 542 [basionym]

basionym of: Commelina acuminata Roth ex Roem. & Schult. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 1: 538 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Commelina tenuis Roth ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Clarke, C.B. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. & Candolle, A.C.P. (1881), Commelinaceae. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3: 223 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 122 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 278 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 510 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Commelina acuminata (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Aneilema siliculosum R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(62): 61

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 429 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 9 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Aneilema biflorum R.Br. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Commelinaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 77 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Commelinaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 260 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 303 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 130 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Aneilema acuminata R.Br. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Commelina acuminata (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Aneilema acuminatum R.Br. var. acuminatum legitimate taxonomic synonym: Commelina tenuis Roth ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aneilema acuminatum var. marginatum C.Moore legitimate

• APC Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 764 (1991) treated Commelina acuminata (R.Br.) Poir. as invalid, and regarded the first valid combination as being made by J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. 1: 542 (1817). However, under ICBN Art. 33.3 (Vienna Code, 2006), Poiret's combinations are considered to be validly published.
• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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