George, A.S. & Hyland, B.P.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Appendix: Orites. Flora of Australia 16: 497 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mt Bartle Frere, Qld, 27 Dec. 1986, M.Godwin C2960 & J.P.Stanton; holo: QRS 195401; iso: BRI, QRS."

• Etymology: "The epithet comes from the Greek megas (large) and carpos (a fruit)."

George, A.S. & Hyland, B.P.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Orites. Flora of Australia 16: 348, Map 398 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 81 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 419 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Orites megacarpa A.S.George & B.Hyland orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Orites sp. (Mt Bartle Frere) [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Orites megacarpa A.S.George & B.Hyland orth. var.

Mast, A.R., Willis, C.L., Jones, E.H., Downs, K.M. & Weston, P.H. (1 July 2008), A smaller Macadamia from a more vagile tribe: inference of phylogenetic relationships, divergence times, and diaspore evolution in Macadamia and relatives (tribe Macadamieae; Proteaceae). American Journal of Botany 95(7): 865 [basionym]

basionym of: Nothorites megacarpus (A.S.George & B.Hyland) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Nothorites megacarpus (A.S.George & B.Hyland) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast legitimate

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