Sweet, R. (1826), Sweet's Hortus Britannicus Edn. 1, 2: 430 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Commelina axillaris L. legitimate

• Comment: Reference to basionym indirect, via Sweet's citation of this name as "Cyanotis axillaris D.P." [i.e. D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 46 (1825)]. While Don indicates that Tradescantia axillaris (L.) L. should be placed in his new genus Cyanotis, he does not definitely associate the genus name and specific epithet as required under ICN Art. 35.2 (Shenzhen Code, 2018).

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Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 565 [secondary reference]

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Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 227 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 47 [secondary reference]

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Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Commelinaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1022, Fig. 306G [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]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 202 [secondary reference]

Cowie, I.D. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Commelinaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 223, Pl. 45, Fig. 46 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Tradescantia axillaris (L.) L. legitimate common name: Blue Ears [n/a]

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

orthographic variant: Cyanotus axillaris B.Hyland orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Commelina axillaris L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Zygomenes axillaris Salisb. nom. inval., nom. nud. isonym: Cyanotis axillaris (L.) Schult. & Schult.f. isonym

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Cyanotus axillaris B.Hyland orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Commelina axillaris L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Tradescantia axillaris (L.) L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Zygomenes axillaris Salisb. nom. inval., nom. nud. isonym: Cyanotis axillaris (L.) Schult. & Schult.f. isonym

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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