Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 410 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Australia. Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown."

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

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

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 305 [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]

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]

Brock, J. (1988), Top End Native Plants: 193 [secondary reference]

Puttock, C.F. (10 March 1997), A revision of Gardenia (Rubiaceae) from northern and north-western Australia. Nuytsia 11(2): 236-240, Fig. 4 (map) APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Point R [Cape Barrow, Blue Mud Bay, Groote Eylandt], Gulf of Carpentaria, Darwin and Gulf District, Northern Territory, 15 January 1803, R. Brown (lecto - here designated: BM; iso: NSW, [CANB])."

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

• Etymology: "The specific epithet 'fucata' , which means coloured or stained, presumably refers to the ochreous bark, a feature which is not unique to this species."

Puttock, C.F. (10 March 1997), A revision of Gardenia (Rubiaceae) from northern and north-western Australia. Nuytsia 11(2): 235 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Gardenia faucicola Puttock legitimate by Brock, J. (1988), Top End Native Plants: 193

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