Wallich, N. in Roxburgh, W. (1820), Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh 1: 181 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Leycesteria formosa Wallich

Audas, J.W.C. & Morris, P.F. (1925), Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria 23: 109 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 266 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 97 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Caprifoliaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 447 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Caprifoliaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 646 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 487 [secondary reference]

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