Summerhayes, V.S. (1929), Ficus species collected for the Arnold Arboretum in New Guinea by L.J.Brass. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 10: 151 [tax. nov.]

Dixon, D.J. (23 November 2007), Ficus carpentariensis - a new sandpaper fig for northern Australia and a revision of the F. opposita complex (Moraceae: Ficus subg. Ficus sect. Sycidium informal group F. copiosa). Nuytsia 16(2): 280 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ficus opposita Miq. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ficus opposita Miq. legitimate

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