White, C.T. (1939), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50: 85 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Millaa Millaa, J.E. Mears (leaves and unripe fruits), Dec., 1937 (type: ripe fruits and seeds), Feb. 1938."

Smith, L.S. (1957), New species of and notes on Queensland plants, II. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 68: 45 [basionym]

basionym of: Peripentadenia mearsii (C.T.White) L.S.Sm. legitimate

Coode, M.J.E. (11 November 1987), Crinodendron, Dubouzetia and Peripentadenia, closely related in Elaeocarpaceae. Kew Bulletin 42(4): 810 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Peripentadenia mearsii (C.T.White) L.S.Sm. legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 163 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Peripentadenia mearsii (C.T.White) L.S.Sm. legitimate

Forster, P.I. (21 December 2005), A taxonomic revision of Actephila Blume (Euphorbiaceae/Phyllanthaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 7(1): 92 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Peripentadenia mearsii (C.T.White) L.S.Sm. legitimate

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