Blume, C.(K.)L. von (1849), Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum sive stirpium Exoticarum, Novarum vel Minus Cognitarum ex Vivis aut Siccis Brevis Expositio et Descriptio 1(5): 79 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Novâ Guineâ ad margines sylvarum litoralium."

Scott, A.J. (1979), A revision of Rhodamnia (Myrtaceae). Kew Bulletin 33(3): 451-452, Map 2 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Rhodamnia trinervia var. spongiosa F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Rhodamnia spongiosa (F.M.Bailey) Domin legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M. (1982), A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland: 30, 117, 145, Code 126 [secondary reference]

common name: Northern Malletwood [n/a] common name: Rhodamnia [n/a]

Snow, N. (2007), Systematics of the Australian species of Rhodamnia (Myrtaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 82: 31 [secondary reference]

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

misapplied to: Rhodamnia spongiosa (F.M.Bailey) Domin legitimate by Scott, A.J. (1979), A revision of Rhodamnia (Myrtaceae). Kew Bulletin 33(3): 451-452, Map 2

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