Steudel, E.G. von (1841), Nomenclator Botanicus Edn. 2, 2(12-13): 657 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Eugenia claviflora Roxb. legitimate

Cowan, J.M. & Cowan, A.M. (1929), The Trees of Northern Bengal: 67 [secondary reference]

Hartley, T.G. & Perry, L.M. (26 April 1973), A provisional key and enumeration of species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from Papuasia. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 54(2): 210 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Eugenia claviflora Roxb. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Acmenosperma claviflorum (Roxb.) Kausel legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eugenia leptantha Wight nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Syzygium leptanthus Nied. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eugenia leptalea Craib legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eugenia claviflora var. leptalea (Craib) M.R.Hend. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

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