Mirbel, C.F.B. de in Candolle, A.P. de (1816), Essai Sur les Proprietes Medicales des Plantes Edn. 2: 203 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Ternstroemia Mutis ex L.f., nom. cons.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 14 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 54 [secondary reference]

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 435 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pentaphylacaceae Engl. nom. cons.

Weitzman, A.L., Dressler, S. & Stevens, P.F. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Ternstroemiaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 450-460, Fig. 129-131 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pentaphylacaceae Engl. nom. cons.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Pentaphylacaceae Engl. nom. cons.

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 847 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 466-465, 937 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pentaphylacaceae Engl. nom. cons.

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