Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(38): 174 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Helicia scottiana F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 409 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Xylomelum salicinum (Meisn.) A.Cunn. ex Benth. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 3 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 440, Fig. 435 [secondary reference]

common name: Wooden Pear [n/a]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 24, 551 (map) [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Helicia scottiana F.Muell. legitimate common name: northern woody pear [n/a]

• Etymology: "Named after A. J. Scott, a plant collector."

Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]

common name: Woody Pear [n/a] common name: Pear Silky Oak [n/a] common name: Native Pear [n/a]

Foreman, D.B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Xylomelum. Flora of Australia 16: 402, Fig. 174, Map 454 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Helicia scottiana F.Muell. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Xylomelum salicinum (Meisn.) A.Cunn. ex Benth. legitimate by Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 408-409 common name: Peg-Tree [n/a]

Orchard, A.E. (8 February 2007), Xylomelum benthamii Orchard, a replacement name for Xylomelum salicinum (Meisn.) Benth., nom. illeg. (Proteaceae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 21: 89 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Helicia scottiana F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Xylomelum salicinum (Meisn.) A.Cunn. ex Benth. legitimate

• APC Comment: By inclusion of the name (and by implication its type) Xylomelum scottianum in his circumscription of "X. salicinum" G.Bentham, Fl. Australiensis 5: 408 (1870) inadvertently made the latter a superfluous illegitimate name, based on the type of X. scottianum, thereby leaving the taxon until recently known as X. salicinum without a valid name. A.E.Orchard, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 21: 89 published X. benthamii Orchard for this latter taxon.
• APC Dist.: Qld

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

nomenclatural synonym: Helicia scottiana F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

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