Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 359 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Wikstrom, J.E. (1818), Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar: 272 [basionym]

basionym of: Thecanthes punicea (R.Br.) Wikstr. legitimate

Endlicher, S.F.L. (1848), Genera Plantarum Secundum Ordines Naturales Disposita Suppl. 4: 60 [basionym]

basionym of: Calyptrostegia punicea (R.Br.) Endl. legitimate

Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 6 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Thecanthes punicea (R.Br.) Wikstr. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 73 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 583 [basionym]

basionym of: Banksia punicea (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Anonymous in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), Plants collected by Dr H. Basedow on the Mackay Expedition in Arnhem Land, 1928. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 324 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 262 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 250 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 119 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 78 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. (9 May 1988), A revision of Western Australian Thymelaeaceae. Nuytsia 6(2): 264 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "North Bay, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, 16 Feb. 1803, R. Brown (lecto here designated: BM; isolecto: MEL)"

Rye, B.L. (9 May 1988), A revision of Western Australian Thymelaeaceae. Nuytsia 6(2): 264 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thecanthes punicea (R.Br.) Wikstr. legitimate

Rye, B.L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Thymelaeaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 212 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thecanthes punicea (R.Br.) Wikstr. legitimate

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Thymelaeaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 499 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thecanthes punicea (R.Br.) Wikstr. legitimate

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 137 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thecanthes punicea (R.Br.) Wikstr. legitimate

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 192 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thecanthes punicea (R.Br.) Wikstr. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thecanthes punicea (R.Br.) Wikstr. legitimate

Foster, C.S.P., Cantrill, D.J., James, E.A., Syme, A.E., Jordan, R., Douglas, R., Ho, S.Y.W. & Henwood, M.J. (29 November 2016), Molecular phylogenetics provides new insights into the systematics of Pimelea and Thecanthes (Thymelaeaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 29(3): 194 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Thecanthes punicea (R.Br.) Wikstr. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calyptrostegia punicea (R.Br.) Endl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Banksia punicea (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pimelea punicea var. breviloba Benth. legitimate

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (22 March 2018), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2017. Nuytsia 29: 13 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Thecanthes punicea (R.Br.) Wikstr. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Thecanthes punicea (R.Br.) Wikstr. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calyptrostegia punicea (R.Br.) Endl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Pimelea punicea R.Br. var. punicea legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Banksia punicea (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calyptostregia punicea C.S.P.Foster & Henwood orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Pimelea punicea var. breviloba Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

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