Jessup, L.W. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Appendix. Annonaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 448 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Oenpelli Road, N.T., 12 Dec. 1984, D.L.Jones 1729; holo: BRI; iso: DNA."

• Etymology: "Named from the Latin rupes (rock, cliff) and the suffix -estris (place of growth), in reference to the habitat of this species."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Melodorum D2829 [n/a]

• APC Dist.: NT

Jessup, L.W. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Annonaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 28-29, Fig. 6K-M, Map 30 [secondary reference]

Zhou, L. Su, Y.C.F., Chalermglin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2010), Molecular phylogenetics of Uvaria (Annonaceae): relationships with Balonga, Dasoclema and Australian species of Melodorum. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 39 [basionym]

basionym of: Uvaria rupestre (Jessup) L.L.Zhou, Y.C.F.Zu & R.M.K.Saunders legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Uvaria rupestre (Jessup) L.L.Zhou, Y.C.F.Zu & R.M.K.Saunders legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melodorum D2829 [n/a]

• APC Comment: Treated as Uvaria rupestre in NT.
• APC Dist.: NT

Turner, I.M. (2018), Annonaceae of the Asia-Pacific region: names, types and distributions. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 70(1): 713 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Australia, Northern Territory, Oenpelli Road, 12 December 1984, D.L. Jones 1729 (holotype BRI [BRI-AQ0421019]; isotype DNA)."

Turner, I.M. (2018), Annonaceae of the Asia-Pacific region: names, types and distributions. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 70(1): 713 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Uvaria rupestre (Jessup) L.L.Zhou, Y.C.F.Zu & R.M.K.Saunders legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Uvaria rupestre (Jessup) L.L.Zhou, Y.C.F.Zu & R.M.K.Saunders legitimate

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