Gaertner, J. (December 1788), De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 1: 125, t. 26. f. 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Psydrax dicoccos Gaertn.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 75 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Canthium Lam. legitimate

Bridson, D.M. (1985), The reinstatement of Psydrax (Rubiaceae) subfam. Cinchonoideae tribe Vanguerieae) and a revision of the African species. Kew Bulletin 40(4): 687-692 [secondary reference]

Smith, A.C. & Darwin, S.P. in Smith, A.C. (1988), Flora Vitiensis Nova 4: 229-232 [secondary reference]

Reynolds, S.T. & Henderson, R.J.F. (6 December 2004), Vanguerieae A.Rich. ex Dum. (Rubiaceae) in Australia, 3. Psydrax Gaertn. Austrobaileya 6(4): 819 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: From Greek pseudes, wrong, and pseudein, to lie, an allusion to the 'knobbly' seeds found in this genus and the belief that pimples grow on a liar's tongue.

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 713 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]

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