Beccari, O. (1885), Reliquiae Schefferianae. Illustrazione di Alcune Palme Viventi nel Giardino Botanico di Buitenzorg. Annales de Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 2: 128 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Carpentaria acuminata (H.L.Wendl. & Drude) Becc.

• Comment: M.Burrett & E.Potztal, Willdenowia 1 (1956) 350–385 (369) gives this as a nomen but there is definitely a description accompanying the name. See note on rediscovery by H.E.Moore, Principes 10 (1966) 64.

Langliois, A.C. (1976), Suppl. to Palms of the World: 35-37 [secondary reference]

Dransfield, J. & Uhl, N.W. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Palmae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 363-364 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NT

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 154 [secondary reference]

Dowe, J.L. & Jones, D.L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Arecaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 197-198 [secondary reference]

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