White, C.T. & Francis, W.D. (1926), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 37: 159, pl. VI [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Temple Bay, Cape York Peninsula, J.E. Young, Wilkins's Expedition, July, 1923." HOLOTYPE: QUEENSLAND: Temple Bay, Cape York Peninsula J.E.Young AQ 316316, vii. 1923 (BRI)." (ref. P.G.Wilson, Telopea 3(4) (1990) 462.)

Gugerli, K. in Kraenzlin, F.W.L. (ed.) (1940), Monographie der Myrtaceengattung Xanthostemon. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis Beihefte 120: 54-55 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M. (1982), A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland: 99, 131, 147, Code 680 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 37 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 40 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. (12 April 1990), A revision of the genus Xanthostemon (Myrtaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3(4): 462 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

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, 185, pl. 123(d), Code 680 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 1: 105, 127, 192, Code 680 [secondary reference]

common name: Red Penda [n/a] common name: Crimson Penda [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 2: 375, Code 680 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 308 [secondary reference]

Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 27 [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]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 373 [secondary reference]

common name: Crimson Penda [n/a] common name: Red Penda [n/a]

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