Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 472 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Hispania, Italia, Mauritania solo cretaceo."

Bailey, F.M. (1894), Contributions to the Queensland flora. Botany Bulletin. Department of Agriculture, Queensland 9: 8 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 215 [secondary reference]

common name: Pomegranate [n/a]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Punicaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 218 [secondary reference]

common name: Pomegranate [n/a]

George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Punicaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 215 [secondary reference]

• Text: "...sometimes seen as a garden escape especially in south-eastern Qld but is not considered naturalised."

Jarvis, C.E., Barrie, F.R., Allan, D.M. & Reveal, J.L. (1993), A List of Linnaean Generic Names and their Types. Regnum Vegetabile 127: 80 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(designated here by Graham): Herb. Clifford: 184, Punica No. 1 (BM)."

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 203 APC [secondary reference]

common name: Pomegranate [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), LHI (naturalised)

Taplin, R.L. & Symon, D.E. (29 September 2008), Remnant horticultural plants at the site of the former Newman's Nursery, 1854-1932. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 22: 91 [secondary reference]

common name: Flowering Pomegranate [n/a]

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 5 [secondary reference]

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