Heward, R. in Hooker, W.J. (1842), Biographical sketch of the late Allan Cunningham. London Journal of Botany 1: 124 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "...on the skirts of woods at Long Ridge, at the junction of the old cross road leading to Cascade Road."

Kirk, T. (1890), Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 511 [basionym]

basionym of: Hymenanthera dentata var. oblongifolia (A.Cunn. ex Heward) Kirk legitimate

Green, P.S. (1970), Notes relating to the floras of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, I. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 51(2): 220 [basionym]

basionym of: Melicytus ramiflorus subsp. oblongifolius (A.Cunn. ex Heward) P.S.Green legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 122 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melicytus ramiflorus subsp. oblongifolius (A.Cunn. ex Heward) P.S.Green legitimate

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