Martius, C.F.P. von in Martius, C.F.P. von, Mohl, H. von, & Unger F.J.A. (1838), Historia Naturalis Palmarum 3: 195 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Crescit in Amboina, in Celebe, Boero, Baly aliisque moluccanis insulis: Rumphius, quem de usu partium conferas."

taxonomic synonym: Caryota urens L. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 144 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 120 [secondary reference]

McCurrach, J.C. (1960), Palms of the World: 37 [secondary reference]

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]

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 98 [secondary reference]

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

misapplied to: Caryota albertii F.Muell. ex H.Wendl. & Drude legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 144

Dowe, J.L. & Jones, D.L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Arecaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 185 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Caryota albertii F.Muell. ex H.Wendl. & Drude legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 144

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