Green, P.S. (1986), Notes relating to the floras of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, II. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 67(1): 111 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Drypetes affinis Pax & K.Hoffm. legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 229 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Drypetes deplanchei subsp. affinis (Pax & K.Hoffm.) P.S.Green legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drypetes deplanchei (Brongn. & Gris) Merr. legitimate

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