Thouars, L.M.A. du Petit- (17 November 1806), Genera Nova Madagascariensia: 23 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (3 July 1812), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 2(2): 470 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Dichapetalum madagascariense Poir."

White, C.T. (1942), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 7. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 53: 211 [secondary reference]

Leenhouts, P.W. (March 1957), Dichapetalaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 5(3): 305-306 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 727, 728 [secondary reference]

Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Dichapetalaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 218-219 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 149 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 268 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Zich, F.A. (15 November 2023), Dichapetalum Thouars (Dichapetalaceae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 41: 2-4 [secondary reference]

• Type: Dichapetalum madagascariense Poir. (fide Poiret 1812: 470).

• Etymology: "Dichapetalum from dicho (paired) and petalon (petal), referring to the often bilobed petals."

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