Rubiaceae Juss.
Canthium attenuatum R.Br. ex Benth. , legitimate, scientific
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 421 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "N. Australia. Brunswick Bay, N.W. coast, A. Cunningham; Victoria River and Arnhem's Land, F. Mueller; N. coast, R. Brown; Sweers Island, Henne. Queensland. Burdekin and Burnett rivers, F. Mueller; Port Denison W. Hill, Bowman; St. George's Bridge on the Balonne, Mitchell."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 75 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 5 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 245, Fig. 219 [secondary reference]
  • Vernacular: Dun-jo
Gardner, C.A. (May 1931), Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 122 [basionym]
basionym of: Plectronia attenuata (R.Br. ex Benth.) C.A.Gardner legitimate
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 260 BHL [secondary reference]
Marsden, C.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Rubiaceae (except Gardenia). Flora of Central Australia: 283 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 154 [secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Rubiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 341 [secondary reference]
Toelken, H.R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Rubiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 1063 [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 72 [secondary reference]
Christophel, D.C. & Hyland, B.P.M. in Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Leaf Atlas of Australian Tropical Rain Forest Trees. Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system: 16, 27, 204, pl. 142(b), Code 1011 [secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 1: 111, 129, 148, Code 1011 [secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 2: 425, Code 1011 [secondary reference]
Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]
common name: Myrtle [n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 311 [secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 82 [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 437 [secondary reference]
Reynolds, S.T. & Henderson, R.J.F. (6 December 2004), Vanguerieae A.Rich. ex Dum. (Rubiaceae) in Australia, 3. Psydrax Gaertn. Austrobaileya 6(4): 857 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: here designated: BM; isolecto: BM; K; MEL [MEL 1538097]
Reynolds, S.T. & Henderson, R.J.F. (6 December 2004), Vanguerieae A.Rich. ex Dum. (Rubiaceae) in Australia, 3. Psydrax Gaertn. Austrobaileya 6(4): 871 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Psydrax oleifolia (Hook.) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 421
Reynolds, S.T. & Henderson, R.J.F. (6 December 2004), Vanguerieae A.Rich. ex Dum. (Rubiaceae) in Australia, 3. Psydrax Gaertn. Austrobaileya 6(4): 869 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Psydrax pendulina S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 421
Reynolds, S.T. & Henderson, R.J.F. (6 December 2004), Vanguerieae A.Rich. ex Dum. (Rubiaceae) in Australia, 3. Psydrax Gaertn. Austrobaileya 6(4): 865 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Psydrax saligna S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 421
Reynolds, S.T. & Henderson, R.J.F. (6 December 2004), Vanguerieae A.Rich. ex Dum. (Rubiaceae) in Australia, 3. Psydrax Gaertn. Austrobaileya 6(4): 857 [basionym]
basionym of: Psydrax attenuata (R.Br. ex Benth.) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Psydrax attenuata (R.Br. ex Benth.) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Psydrax ammophila S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend. legitimate by Toelken, H.R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Rubiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 1063
Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Psydrax attenuata (R.Br. ex Benth.) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend. legitimate