White, C.T. (1936), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 47: 69 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mossman River, in rain-forest, No. 2050; (fruiting specimens); Feb. 4."

Hyland, B.P.M. (1971), A key to the common rainforest trees between Townsville and Cooktown, based on leaf and bark features: 75, Code 495 [secondary reference]

Nooteboom, H.P. (1975), Revision of the Symplocaceae of the Old World - New Caledonia excepted. Leiden Botanical Series 1: 186-187 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Brass 2050 (A, isotypes in BISH, BRI, MEL), Australia, N. Queensland, Mossman River, 4-2-1932."

Nooteboom, H.P. (26 February 1982), A revision of the Australian species of Symplocos (Symplocaceae). Brunonia 4(2): 314, Fig. 5 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

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: 313 [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: 89 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 537 [secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. (1 December 2011), A taxonomic revision of Symplocos Jacq. (Symplocaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 8(3): 236 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

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