Rubiaceae Juss.
Carinta W.Wight , legitimate, scientific
Wight, W.F. in Safford, W.E. (1905), Descriptive catalogue of plants, in Useful plants of Guam. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 9: 216 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Carinta herbacea (Jacq.) W.Wight
taxonomic synonym: Geophila D.Don nom. cons.
  • Comment: This name does not seem to have been applied to Australian taxa however it is recorded by N.T.Burbidge, Dict. Austral. Pl. Genera (1963) 58 with the note "The legitimate name for Geophila D.Don pending its conservation."
Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 84 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Geophila D.Don nom. cons.