Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 559 [primary reference]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 168 [secondary reference]

Meyer, C.A. von (1843), Bemerkungen über die Gattungen der Daphnaceen ohne perigynische schuppen, nebst einer characteristick derselben. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 1(23): 357 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Passerina filiformis L.

Tovey, J.R. & Morris, P.F. (1923), Contributions from the National Herbarium of Victoria, No. 3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35(2): 196 [secondary reference]

Herber, B.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Thymelaeaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 393 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: Vic (presumed extinct)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 636 [secondary reference]

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