Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1857), Nova genera et species aliquot rariores in Plagis Australiae Intratropicis nuperrime detecta. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 9: 18 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. in collibus petraeis ad flumina Victoria et Fitzmaurice."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Additamenta, index. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1: 243 [basionym]

basionym of: Metrosideros paradoxa (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 269 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros paradoxa (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 242 [basionym]

basionym of: Nani paradoxa (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Fitzgerald, W.V. (2 June 1906), Some species of West Kimberley plants. Botanical References. The Western Mail 21(1066): 10, 25 [secondary reference]

Gugerli, K. in Kraenzlin, F.W.L. (ed.) (1940), Monographie der Myrtaceengattung Xanthostemon. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis Beihefte 120: 81-83 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 272 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 252 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 133 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 56 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. (12 April 1990), A revision of the genus Xanthostemon (Myrtaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3(4): 467-468 APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(here designated): NORTHERN TERRITORY: Sea Range, Victoria River, F.Mueller xii.1855 (MEL 63369)>"

nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros paradoxa (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Nania paradoxa Kuntze orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Nani paradoxa (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Myrtaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 545-546, Fig. 161H [secondary reference]

Christophel, D.C. & Hyland, B.P.M. in Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Leaf Atlas of Australian Tropical Rain Forest Trees. Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system: 14, 42, 184, pl. 122(g), Code 973 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 1: 110, 127, 192, Code 973 [secondary reference]

common name: Northern Penda [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 2: 373, Code 973 [secondary reference]

Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]

common name: Northern Penda [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 182, Fig. 57 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 79 [secondary reference]

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

common name: Xanthostemon [n/a]

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