Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Succinct notes on some plants from New Guinea. The Victorian Naturalist 2(2): 18 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Mount Bedford, Jala-River, Dedouri-Country, W. Armit s.n., 1883 (holotype: MEL 68059 (photo NSW)), iso, K).

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 513 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cycas rumphii Miq. legitimate

Schuster, J. in Engler, H.G.A. (1932), Cycadaceae. Das Pflanzenreich 99(4,1): 70 [basionym]

basionym of: Cycas circinalis var. scratchleyana (F.Muell.) J.Schust. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (1993), Cycads Of The World: 157 [secondary reference]

Hill, K.D. (8 December 1994), The Cycas rumphii Complex (Cycadaceae) in New Guinea and the Western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 7(6): 562 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cycas circinalis var. scratchleyana (F.Muell.) J.Schust. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Cycas rumphii f. papuana (F.Muell.) Kaneh. legitimate

Laubenfels, D.J. de & Adema, F. (1998), A taxonomic revision of the genera Cycas and Epicycas gen.nov. (Cycadaceae). Blumea 43(2): 370 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cycas apoa K.D.Hill legitimate

Forster, P.I. (21 December 2005), Cycas scratchleyana F.Muell. (Cycadaceae), a new species record for Queensland and Australia. Austrobaileya 7(1): 229-230 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Lindstrom, A.J., Hill, K.D. & Stanberg, L.C. (26 October 2009), The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Indonesia. Telopea 12(3): 392-395, Fig. 1 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cycas circinalis var. scratchleyana (F.Muell.) J.Schust. legitimate

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