Myrtaceae Juss.
Backhousia Hook. & Harv. , legitimate, scientific
Hooker, W.J. & Harvey, W.H. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1845), Botanical Magazine: t. 4133 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 269 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 59 [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 132, 144 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 202 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 171-172, 197 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: Named after James Backhouse of York.
McVaugh, R. (1956), Nomenclatural notes on Myrtaceae and related families. Taxon 5: 138 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Backhousia myrtifolia Hook. & Harv.
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 261 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 154 [secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 203 [secondary reference]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Syzygium - Leptospermum. Flora of New South Wales 2: 149 [secondary reference]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Backhousia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 172 [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 342 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 85 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Backhousea Kuntze orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: WA, Qld, NSW
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Backhousea Kuntze orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Choricarpia Domin legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, Qld, NSW