Bailey, F.M. (1905), Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 15(6): 782 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "The plants now (Dec., 1904) flowering in my son's garden at Toowong are from roots which I dug up at Polo Creek, Somerset, in June 1897 ..."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 539 [secondary reference]

Smith, R.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Zingiberaceae. Flora of Australia 45: 21 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm. legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 566 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm. legitimate

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