Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 192 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Chrysophyllum cainito L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 88 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 278 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 305 [secondary reference]

Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 26 [secondary reference]

Vink, W. (1958), Revision of the Sapotaceae of the Malaysian area in a wider sense. XIII. Chrysophyllum. Blumea 9(1): 21-74 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Amorphospermum F.Muell. legitimate

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 498 [secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Sapotaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 185 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 505 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Pennington, T.D. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Sapotaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 414 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 186 [secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. (23 August 2019), A taxonomic revision of Sapotaceae for mainland Australia. Austrobaileya 10(3): 370 [secondary reference]

• Type: "C. cainito L."

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