Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 345 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Osbeckia chinensis L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 162 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(30): 160 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 291 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 60 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 209 [secondary reference]

Hansen, C. (1977), The Asiatic Species of Osbeckia. Ginkgoana, contributions to the flora of Asia and the Pacific Region 4: 1-150 [secondary reference]

Whiffin, T.P. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Melastomataceae. Flora of Australia 18: 245-247 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Melastomataceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 549 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 141 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 613 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Osbeckia sect. Oxyrhinae F.Muell. nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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