Mueller, F.J.H. von (1867), Australian Vegetation, indigenous or introduced.. Intercolonial Exhibition 1866-7: 35 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Maba cupulosa F.Muell. legitimate

Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. (1936), Revisio Ebenacearum Malayensium. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg ser. 3, 15: 444-445 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Maba cupulosa F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Maba rufa Labill. legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M. (1971), A key to the common rainforest trees between Townsville and Cooktown, based on leaf and bark features: 57, Code 354 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M. (1982), A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland: 58, 123, 139, Code 354 [secondary reference]

Christophel, D.C. & Hyland, B.P.M. in Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Leaf Atlas of Australian Tropical Rain Forest Trees. Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system: 4, 29, 89, pl. 27(b), Code 354 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 1: 99, 116, 156, Code 354 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 2: 92, Code 354 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Fruits of the Rainforest: 92-93, Fig. 179 [secondary reference]

common name: Brown Ebony [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 303 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 62 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 156 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 354 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 150 [secondary reference]

common name: Brown Ebony [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Maba cupulosa F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Maba laurina R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Maba sericocarpa F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Diospyros sericocarpa F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ebenus laurina (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Diospyros ferrea f. laurina (R.Br.) Bakh. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Diospyros seriocarpa A.D.Chapm. orth. var.

• APC Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 1014, 1015 (1991) treated this name (and its synonym Diospyros sericocarpa F.Muell. (as D. 'seriocarpa')) as invalid. However, under Article 33.3 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, these names are considered to be validly published (R.K.Brummitt & L.W.Jessup pers. comm. 2007).
• APC Dist.: Qld

Jessup, L.W. (3 December 2014), A taxonomic revision of Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 9(2): 175 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Diospyros laurina (R.Br.) Jessup legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (November 2015), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2014 census to 2015 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2015: 21 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Diospyros laurina (R.Br.) Jessup legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Diospyros laurina (R.Br.) Jessup legitimate

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