Blume, C.(K.)L. von (1831), Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 14: 488 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Otanthera moluccana (Blume) Blume

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 291-292 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lachnopodium Blume legitimate

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]

Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. Jnr (1943), A contribution to the knowledge of the Melastomataceae occuring in the Malay Archipelago especially in the Netherlands East Indies: 103-104 [secondary reference]

Whiffin, T.P. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Melastomataceae. Flora of Australia 18: 248-249 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Meyer, K. (2001), Revision of the Southeast Asian genus Melastoma (Melastomataceae). Blumea 46(2): 353 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melastoma L. legitimate

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 615 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melastoma L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Othanthera Korth. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melastoma L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melastoma L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melastoma L. legitimate

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