Linnaeus, C. (1759), Systema Naturae Edn. 10, 2: 1241, 1250, 1378 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 2717).

Smith, L.S. (1956), New species of and notes on Queensland plants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 67: 29 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 55 [secondary reference]

Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 199 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Xylopia muricata L. (typ. cons.)

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 444 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Unona L.f. legitimate

Kessler, P.J.A. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Annonaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 117 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 28 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

Jessup, L.W. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Annonaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 33 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 916 [secondary reference]

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