Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 516 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(M.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (24 October 1854), Second general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the Colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 3, 13 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(45): 150 [basionym]

basionym of: Disoon platycarpus (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 7 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 104 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 237 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 424-427, Pl. CCXVII [secondary reference]

common name: Sugar Wood [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 520 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1164 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 779-780 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "The specific name means 'flat-fruited'."

Chinnock, R.J. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Myoporaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 338 [secondary reference]

common name: sugar wood [n/a] common name: Sugar tree [n/a] common name: false sandalwood [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 616 [secondary reference]

common name: Ngural [n/a] common name: Sugar-tree [n/a] common name: Dogwood [n/a] common name: Bastard Sandalwood [n/a] common name: False Sandalwood [n/a] common name: Sandalwood [n/a] common name: Sugarwood [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 153 [secondary reference]

Grieve, B.J. & Blackall, W.E. (1982), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia Edn. 2, 4: 623 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 154 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1348 [secondary reference]

common name: Sugarwood [n/a] common name: False Sandalwood [n/a]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myoporaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 464, Fig. 64E [secondary reference]

common name: Sugarwood [n/a]

Chinnock, R.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Myoporaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 550 [secondary reference]

common name: Sugarwood [n/a] common name: Sandalwood [n/a]

Chinnock, R.J. (11 June 1992), New taxa and combinations in the Myoporaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 15(1): 77 [secondary reference]

Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]

common name: Sugar Wood [n/a] common name: Sugar Tree [n/a] common name: Sandalwood [n/a] common name: False Sandalwood [n/a]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Myoporaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 536, 538 [secondary reference]

common name: Sugarwood [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 344 [secondary reference]

common name: Sugar wood [n/a]

Chinnock, R.J. (2007), Eremophila and allied genera: 152-153 APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Bay 14 (Head of St Vincent's Gulf), South Australia [30 March 1802], R. Brown s.n. (Bennett no. 2790), (BM, lectotype designated here).

nomenclatural synonym: Disoon platycarpus (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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