Aiton, W.T. (1812), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 4: 417 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 261 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 58 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lophostemon Schott legitimate taxonomic synonym: Tristaniopsis Brongn. & Gris legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 131, 142-143, 147 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 201 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 169-170 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Named after M. Tristan, a French botanist.

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 262 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 169 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. & Waterhouse, J.T. (1982), A review of the genus Tristania R.Br. (Myrtaceae): a heterogeneous assemblage of five genera. Australian Journal of Botany 30(4): 421-422 [secondary reference]

• Type: Tristania neriifolia (Sims) R.Br.

taxonomic synonym: Tristania sect. Neriophyllum Benth. legitimate

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Syzygium - Leptospermum. Flora of New South Wales 2: 146 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Tristania. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 170 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 875 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Tristania R.Br. sect. Tristania legitimate taxonomic synonym: Tristania sect. Neriophyllum Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NSW

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