Ettingshausen, K. von (1883), Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Tertiärflora Australiens. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 47(1): 140 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Ganitrus sphaerica Gaertn. legitimate

Coode, M.J.E. in Henty, E.E. (ed.) (1981), Elaeocarpaceae. Handbooks of the flora of Papua New Guinea 2: 87-88 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ganitrus sphaerica Gaertn. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ganitrus sphaerica Gaertn. legitimate isonym: Elaeocarpus sphaericus (Gaertn.) K.Schum. isonym

• APC Comment: An Asian and Malesian taxon, recorded by M.J.E.Coode in E.E.Henty (ed), Handb. Fl. Papua New Guinea 2: 87 (1981), but not known to occur in Australia.

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