Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 349 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 166 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 301 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 49 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Millspaugh, C.F. (1920), Bahama Flora: 299 [secondary reference]

• Type: Lawsonia inermis L.

Mitchell, A.S. (15 October 1976), A summary of the family Lythraceae in the Northern Territory (with additional comments on Australian material). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(1): 58 [secondary reference]

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