Triana, José Jéronimo (1872), Les Melastomacees. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 28(1): 153 [comb. nov.]

Smith, L.S. (1969), New species of and notes on Queensland Plants V. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 6: 5 [secondary reference]

Whiffin, T.P. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Melastomataceae. Flora of Australia 18: 252 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pternandra coerulescens Jack legitimate

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