Loefling, P. (1758), Iter Hispanicum: 308 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Combretum fruticosum (Loefl.) Stuntz

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1978) No. 5538).

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 652, 653, 654 [secondary reference]

Clarkson, J.R. & Hyland, B.P.M. (24 July 1986), Combretum trifoliatum Vent. (Combretaceae) a new record for Australia. Austrobaileya 2(3): 274-276 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Combretaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 263-265 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld (native and naturalised)

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Combretaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 245 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 126 [secondary reference]

Stace, C.A. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Combretaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 9: 79, Figs. 24, 25 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Quisqualis L. legitimate

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 205 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Quisqualis L. legitimate

Maurin, O., Chase, M.W., Jordaan, M., Van der Bank, M. (2010), Phylogenetic relationships of Combretaceae inferred from nuclear and plastid DNA sequence data: implications for generic classification. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 162(3): 471 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Quisqualis L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Quisqualis L. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI, NT (naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised)

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