Lindley, J. (1821), Observations on the Natural Group of Plants Called Pomaceae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13(1): 96, 97 [primary reference]

• Type: Choenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Spach

Morley, B. in Morley, B. & Toelken, H.R. (1983), Flowering Plants in Australia: 146 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [orthographic variant]

orthographic variant of: Chaenomeles Lindl. orth. cons.

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