Dichapetalaceae Baill.
Dichapetalum australianum C.T.White , legitimate, scientific
White, C.T. (1942), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 7. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 53: 211-212 [primary reference]
  • Type: "Cook District. – Slopes of Mt. Fraser, alt. 2,000 ft., in rain-forest gully, L.J. Brass, No. 2510 (fruits), 16th April, 1932 (spreading shrub, 4 ft. high, leaves glabrous and shining, the small veins conspicuous below; fruit fleshy, 3-lobed, orange-yellow)."
Leenhouts, P.W. (1956), Some notes on the genus Dichapetalum (Dichapetalaceae) in Asia, Australia, and Melanesia. Reinwardtia 4(1): 81 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Dichapetalum papuanum (Becc.) Boerl. legitimate
Leenhouts, P.W. (March 1957), Dichapetalaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 5(3): 309 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Dichapetalum papuanum (Becc.) Boerl. legitimate
Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Dichapetalaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 218 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Dichapetalum papuanum (Becc.) Boerl. legitimate
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 149 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Dichapetalum papuanum (Becc.) Boerl. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Dichapetalum papuanum (Becc.) Boerl. legitimate
Cooper, W.E. & Zich, F.A. (15 November 2023), Dichapetalum Thouars (Dichapetalaceae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 41: 6, Fig. 1 & 3 [secondary reference]
  • Type: " "Cook District. – Slopes of Mt. Fraser, alt. 2,000 ft., in rain-forest gully, L.J. Brass, No. 2510 (fruits), 16th April, 1932...". Type: Australia. Cook District. Slopes of Mt Fraser, alt. 2000 ft, rain forest gully, 16 Apr 1942, L.J.Brass 2510 (holo: BRI AQ0419158)."
misapplication: Dichapetalum papuanum (Becc.) Boerl. legitimate by Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Dichapetalaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 218-219, Fig. 56, Map 256
  • Etymology: "The species epithet is from the Latin australis meaning southern."