Combretaceae R.Br.
Macropteranthes F.Muell. ex Benth. , legitimate, scientific
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 504 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Macropteranthes montana (F.Muell.) F.Muell (see comment by Exell & Stace Sociedada Broteriana 40(2) (1966) 24).
  • Comment: Bentham attributes the genus to "F.Muell.". F.J.H. von Mueller, Fragm. 3: 91 (Sep. 1862), lists two Macropteranthes species names but does not give a separate description for the genus.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 51 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 180 [secondary reference]
Exell, A.W. & Stace, C.A. (1966), Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana 40(2): 24 [secondary reference]
Byrnes, N.B. (1977), A revision of Combretaceae in Australia. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 20: 57-60 [secondary reference]
Pedley, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Combretaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 256-260 APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: NT, Qld
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 127 [secondary reference]
Stace, C.A. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Combretaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 9: 77 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 511 [secondary reference]