Roxburgh, W. (1824), Flora Indica [microform] : or descriptions of Indian plants / by William Roxburgh, to which are added descriptions of plants more recently discovered by Nathaniel Wallich ; edited by William Carey 2: 375-376 [tax. nov.]

Lawson, M.A. in Hooker, J.D. (February 1875), Rhamneae. The Flora of British India 1(3): 640 [basionym]

basionym of: Rhamnus napalensis (Wall.) M.A.Lawson legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Ceanothus napalansis Wall. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Rhamnus napalensis (Wall.) M.A.Lawson legitimate

Kellermann, J. (7 April 2021), Further lectotypifications and nomenclatural notes on Rhamnaceae from northern Australia. Swainsona 35: 3 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(here designated): Napalia, 1821, N. Wallich 4263a (K000618096, East India Company Herb.; photo seen). Isolectotypes: BM000793347, K000723153, M0211824 (photos seen). Residual syntype: “Ex Napalia introd., Hort. Bot. Calc.”, 1823 (K000618097, East India Company Herb.; photo seen). Excluded specimen: Hort. Calc. [Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, India], cult., 1831, N. Wallich 4263b (K000723154; photo seen)."

Kellermann, J. (7 April 2021), Further lectotypifications and nomenclatural notes on Rhamnaceae from northern Australia. Swainsona 35: 3 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Rhamnus napalensis (Wall.) M.A.Lawson legitimate

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