Richard, A. in Lesson, A. & Richard, A. (1834), Sertum Astrolabianum. Voyage de Decouvertes de l'Astrolabe. Botanique 2: 67, t. 24 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Crescit in Novâ-Hollandiâ. (Port Jackson.)"

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 67 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Elaeocarpus obovatus G.Don legitimate

Coode, M.J.E. (1984), Elaeocarpus in Australia and New Zealand. Kew Bulletin 39(3): 534 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Crescit in Novâ-Hollandiâ. (Port Jackson.)" collector unknown (holotype? P! – a specimen of Richard's, labelled 'E. micranthus nob.')."

Coode, M.J.E. (1984), Elaeocarpus in Australia and New Zealand. Kew Bulletin 39(3): 534 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Elaeocarpus obovatus G.Don legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Elaeocarpus parviflora A.Rich. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Elaeocarpus obovatus G.Don legitimate

Baba, Y., Rossetto, M. & Crayn, D.M. (16 April 2020), Identifying evolutionary lineages in the Elaeocarpus obovatus complex: population genetics and morphometric analyses support a new subspecies, Elaeocarpus obovatus subsp.umbratilis, from northern Queensland, Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 33(4): 374 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Elaeocarpus obovatus G.Don subsp. obovatus legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Elaeocarpus obovatus G.Don subsp. obovatus legitimate

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