Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1996 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mapoon, J.F. Bailey"

• Etymology: "after the widow of the late Rev. J. G. Ward."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 25, Fig. 9 [secondary reference]

• Vernacular: Niadoa

Jessup, L.W. (24 July 1986), New combinations in Australian Annonaceae. Austrobaileya 2(3): 227 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Mapoon, Qld, 22 May 1901, J.F. Bailey (BRI, holo)."

Jessup, L.W. (24 July 1986), New combinations in Australian Annonaceae. Austrobaileya 2(3): 227 [basionym]

basionym of: Desmos wardianus (F.M.Bailey) Jessup legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 21 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmos wardianus (F.M.Bailey) Jessup legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmos wardianus (F.M.Bailey) Jessup legitimate

Jessup, L.W. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Annonaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 22 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmos wardianus (F.M.Bailey) Jessup legitimate

Turner, I.M. (2018), Annonaceae of the Asia-Pacific region: names, types and distributions. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 70(1): - [secondary reference]

• Type: "Australia, Queensland, Mapoon, 22 May 1901, J.F. Bailey 394 (holotype BRI [BRI-AQ0332781])."

• Etymology: "Matilda Hall Ward (née Barnes), missionary of the Moravian Church in northern Queensland."

Turner, I.M. (2018), Annonaceae of the Asia-Pacific region: names, types and distributions. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 70(1): 462 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmos wardianus (F.M.Bailey) Jessup legitimate

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