Hemsley, W.B. (1908), Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew: 95-96 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Scaevola novae-zelandiae A.Cunn. legitimate

Oliver, W.R.B. (1917), The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49: 143 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Scaevola novae-zelandiae A.Cunn. legitimate

Green, P.S. (1970), Notes relating to the floras of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, I. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 51(2): 219 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Melicytus novae-zelandiae subsp. centurionis P.S.Green legitimate by Oliver, W.R.B. (1917), The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49: 143

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 210 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melicytus novae-zelandiae (A.Cunn.) P.S.Green legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melicytus novae-zelandiae (A.Cunn.) P.S.Green legitimate

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