Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 292 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Melastoma polyanthum Blume legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 214 [secondary reference]

• Vernacular: Di-eni

Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. Jnr (1943), A contribution to the knowledge of the Melastomataceae occuring in the Malay Archipelago especially in the Netherlands East Indies: 64 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melastoma polyanthum Blume legitimate

Whiffin, T.P. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Melastomataceae. Flora of Australia 18: 248 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melastoma affine D.Don legitimate

Meyer, K. (2001), Revision of the Southeast Asian genus Melastoma (Melastomataceae). Blumea 46(2): 364 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melastoma malabathricum L. subsp. malabathricum legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melastoma affine D.Don legitimate

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