Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 474 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (T.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 99 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 229 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 374 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1160 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 302 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 61 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 152 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Acanthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 455 [secondary reference]

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 198-225 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "R. Brown 2949, 3.ix.1802, Shoalwater Bay, Conical Pine Hill (BM). isolectotypes: (BM: 2 sheets, K p.p.); probable isolectotypes: (K p.p., K, MEL 56674, BRI 141421, G-DC. – microfiche AD)."

taxonomic synonym: Hypoestes rosea Decne. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Hypoestes laxiflora Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hypoestes floribunda 1. densiflora Benth. legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 4 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 13 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hypoestes suaveolens C.A.Gardner legitimate

Barker, R.M. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Acanthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 850-851, Fig. 262A, B, C [secondary reference]

Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Acanthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 608 [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: 300 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 54 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 3005 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 10 [secondary reference]

common name: Musk-scented Plant [n/a] common name: Native Holly [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Hypoestes floribunda R.Br. subsp. floribunda legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hypoestes rosea Decne. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Hypoestes laxiflora Nees legitimate

• APC Comment: G.Bentham, Fl. Austral. 4: 554 (1868) includes "three principal varieties or perhaps species" in this taxon: densiflora, distans and paniculata. These entities were treated at the rank of "?subsp." by A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 1645-1646 (1991), but are here treated as unranked, in accordance with ICBN Art. 35.3 (Vienna Code) (2006).
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Acanthaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 5 [secondary reference]

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