Lamiaceae Martinov
Premna L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (October 1771), Mantissa Plantarum Altera [2]: 154, 252 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 512 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 103 [secondary reference]
Kuntze, C.E.O. in Post, T. von & Kuntze, O. (1903), Lexikon Generum Phanerogamarum: 259 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Gumira sect. Cornutiodes Kuntze nom. illeg.
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 386 [secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 923 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 209 [secondary reference]
Munir, A.A. (19 June 1984), A taxonomic revision of the genus Premna L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 7(1): 3-6, Map 1 APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Holochiloma Hochst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gumira Rumph. ex Hassk. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Phaenicanthus Thwaites legitimate taxonomic synonym: Tatea F.Muell. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Pygmaeopremna Merr. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, CoI, ChI, NT, Qld
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Verbenaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 373-374 [secondary reference]
Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 259 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Premna serratifolia L., typ. cons.
Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 362 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Pygmaeopremna Merr. legitimate
Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Verbenaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 616 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Verbenaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 790 [secondary reference]
Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Verbenaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 364-365 [secondary reference]
Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 239 [secondary reference]
Harley, R.M., Atkins, S., Budantsev, A.L., Cantino, P.D., Conn, B.J., Grayer, R., Harley, M.M., de Kok, R., Krestovskaja, T., Morales, R., Paton, A.J., Ryding, O. & Upson, T. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Labiatae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 7: 194 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 698 [secondary reference]
de Kok, R.P.J. (2013), The genus Premna L. (Lamiaceae) in the Flora Malesiana area. Kew Bulletin 68: 55, 58 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Holochiloma Hochst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gumira Rumph. ex Hassk. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Phaenicanthus Thwaites legitimate taxonomic synonym: Tatea F.Muell. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Pygmaeopremna Merr. legitimate
  • Etymology: "... is derived from the Greek "premnon" meaning tree stump, referring to the often short and twisted tree trunks of P. serratifolia."