Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(3): 54 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In planitiebus apricis Australiae boreali-orientalis. Leichhardt, Mueller."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Botanical report on the North-Australia expedition, under the command of A. C. Gregory, Esq. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 1: 143 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 408 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 74 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 5 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 241 [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): 260 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 154 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 72 [secondary reference]

Puttock, C.F. (5 October 1988), A revision of Gardenia Ellis (Rubiaceae) from north-eastern Queensland. Austrobaileya 2(5): 446 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "COOK DISTRICT: Gilbert River, [Sept–Oct 1856]. Mueller s.n., (lecto (here designated): K! – flower-bearing twig on right hand side of sheet; iso: MEL 598388!, 598389!)."

Puttock, C.F. (5 October 1988), A revision of Gardenia Ellis (Rubiaceae) from north-eastern Queensland. Austrobaileya 2(5): 446 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gardenia vilhelmii Domin legitimate

Puttock, C.F. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Gardenia. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 911 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Gardenia pyriformis A.Cunn. ex Benth. legitimate

Puttock, C.F. (10 March 1997), A revision of Gardenia (Rubiaceae) from northern and north-western Australia. Nuytsia 11(2): 247 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Gardenia pyriformis A.Cunn. ex Benth. legitimate

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