Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 991 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Java."

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xliv [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1860), Essay on the plants collected by Mr Eugene Fitzalan during Lieut. Smith's Expedition to the Estuary of the Burdekin: 11 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 419 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 75 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 288 [basionym]

basionym of: Matthiola speciosa (L.) Kuntze legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 241 [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: 306 [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): 260 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 155 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 72 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 150 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Orchard, A.E. (1993), Rubiaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 397-398, Fig. 76 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Fruits of the Rainforest: 152-153, Fig. 307 [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: 311 [secondary reference]

Williams, D.G. (1994), Vegetation and flora of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 404: 24 [secondary reference]

• Vernacular: Kembang Melati Hutan

Pike, G.D. & Leach, G.J. (1997), Handbook of the vascular plants of Ashmore and Cartier Islands: 34-36 [secondary reference]

common name: Fish plate shrub [n/a]

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: 83 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 441 [secondary reference]

common name: Zebra Wood [n/a] common name: Sea Randia [n/a]

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

orthographic variant: Guttarda speciosa K.A.W.Williams orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Matthiola speciosa (L.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: CoI, ChI, AR, NT, Qld

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