Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 209 APC [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hyland 9829, 30.v.1979, Bucks Gully Scrub, deciduous vine thicket (QRS)."

pro parte misapplication: Hypoestes floribunda var. pubescens Benth. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 554

• APC Dist.: Qld

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]

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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