Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 7 [tax. nov.]

Hitchcock, A.S. (1 November 1923), Type species of the first 100 genera of Linnaeus' Species Plantarum. American Journal of Botany 10(9): 514 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Phillyrea latifolia L. [Lectotype designated by A.S. Hitchcock based on the citation in Genera Plantarum.]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Oleaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 483 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Oleaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 7: 203 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 655 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Vic (naturalised)

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