Miers, J. (May 1853), On the genera of the Tribe Duboisieae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2 11(65): 375 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Australia austro-occidentalis (Drummond, 86).– v.s. in herb. Hook."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 96 [secondary reference]

Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 11-12, Fig. 5C, Map 9 APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Anthocercis spinescens F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 147 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 534 [secondary reference]

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