Linnaeus, C. (October 1771), Mantissa Plantarum Altera [2]: 159, 293 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Salacia chinensis L.

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 4662). See proposal to conserve by D.H.Nicolson & C.R.Suresh, Taxon 35 (1986) 181–182 and results in Taxon 37 (1988) 440, 449.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 26 [secondary reference]

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Jessup, L.W. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Hippocrateaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 181-183 APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Salacicratea Loes. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 380 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Salacicratea Loes. legitimate

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Hippocrateaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 586 [secondary reference]

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