Beccari, O. (1885), Reliquiae Schefferianae. Illustrazione di Alcune Palme Viventi nel Giardino Botanico di Buitenzorg. Annales de Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 2: 88 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "La pianta di Buitenzorg"

Burret, K.E.M. (1928), Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem: 206 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptychosperma wendlandiana var. sphaerocarpum (Becc.) Burret legitimate

Essig, F.B. in Holttum, R.E. (1978), A revision of the genus Ptychosperma Labill. (Arecaceae). Allertonia 1(7): 432 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "His t. 4 can serve as the type"

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Ptychosperma elegans var. sphaerocarpa Becc. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptychosperma elegans (R.Br.) Blume legitimate

Dowe, J.L. & Jones, D.L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Arecaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 201 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptychosperma elegans (R.Br.) Blume legitimate

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