Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 468 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(25): 45 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Carissa brownii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 306 [secondary reference]

Tate, R. in Spencer, W.B. (ed.) (March 1896), Botany. Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia 3: 170 [basionym]

basionym of: Carissa brownii var. lanceolata (R.Br.) Tate legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 317, Fig. 297 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (September 1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1076 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carissa brownii var. lanceolata (R.Br.) Tate legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Jasminonerium ovatum (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 280 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 254 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Apocynaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 276, Fig. 363 [secondary reference]

common name: conkle berry [n/a] common name: Conker berry [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 141 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 7 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Apocynaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 702, Fig. 216E [secondary reference]

common name: Conkleberry [n/a] common name: Conkerberry [n/a]

Forster, P.I. (19 October 1992), A taxonomic revision of Carissa (Apocynaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(5): 583-586, figs 1C, 2B (map) [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Northern Territory: Sir Edward Pellew Group, 21.xii.1802 [Iter Australiense 2852] (lecto (here designated): BM [single specimen on top of sheet, bottom of sheet with 2 pieces collected by R. Brown at Morgan's Island (island s) in Blue Mud Bay, 21.i.1803] [photo at BRI!]).

nomenclatural synonym: Carissa brownii var. lanceolata (R.Br.) Tate legitimate taxonomic synonym: Carissa brownii var. angustifolia Kempe legitimate taxonomic synonym: Carissa velutina Domin legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Carissa brownii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

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

common name: Conker Berry [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: 301 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Apocynaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 109, Figs 21, 48H, Map 141 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carissa brownii var. lanceolata (R.Br.) Tate legitimate taxonomic synonym: Carissa brownii var. angustifolia Kempe legitimate taxonomic synonym: Carissa velutina Domin legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Carissa brownii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. common name: Currant Bush [n/a]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 60 [secondary reference]

common name: Conkerberry [n/a]

• Vernacular: goonggara (Bardi)
• Vernacular: koongkurra (Nyul Nyul)
• Vernacular: gungkara (Yawuru)

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: 56 [secondary reference]

Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Dilst, F.J.H. van (2001), Series of revisions of Apocynaceae XLIX. Carissa L. Wageningen University Papers 2001-01: 43 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Carissa spinarum L. legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 3019 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 34 [secondary reference]

common name: Conkleberry [n/a] common name: Conkerberry [n/a] common name: Currant Bush [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Carissa spinarum L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carissa brownii var. lanceolata (R.Br.) Tate legitimate taxonomic synonym: Carissa brownii var. angustifolia Kempe legitimate taxonomic synonym: Carissa velutina Domin legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Carissa brownii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Arduina brownii K.Schum. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Carissa spinarum L. legitimate by Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Dilst, F.J.H. van (2001), Series of revisions of Apocynaceae XLIX. Carissa L. Wageningen University Papers 2001-01: 35-70, Figs 7-10, Maps 6, 7

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34: 8 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Carissa spinarum L. legitimate by Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Dilst, F.J.H. van (2001), Series of revisions of Apocynaceae XLIX. Carissa L. Wageningen University Papers 2001-01: 35-70, Figs 7-10, Maps 6, 7

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