Tate, R. (1897), Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 21: 70 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Fitzroy River, Calvert Exploring Expedition."

George, A.S. & Kenneally, K.F. in Miles, J.M. & Burbidge, A.A. (ed.) (1975), The flora of the Prince Regent River Reserve, north-western Kimberley. A biological survey of the Prince Regent River Reserve, North-West Kimberley, Western Australia: 63 [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. (10 March 1997), A revision of Gardenia (Rubiaceae) from northern and north-western Australia. Nuytsia 11(2): 249 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Fitzroy River [near junction with Margaret Creek], Calvert Exploring Expedition, Dampier District, Western Australia, January 1897, G.A. Keartland s.n. (holo: AD)."

Puttock, C.F. (10 March 1997), A revision of Gardenia (Rubiaceae) from northern and north-western Australia. Nuytsia 11(2): 255 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Gardenia resinosa subsp. kimberleyensis Puttock legitimate by George, A.S. & Kenneally, K.F. in Miles, J.M. & Burbidge, A.A. (ed.) (1975), The flora of the Prince Regent River Reserve, north-western Kimberley. A biological survey of the Prince Regent River Reserve, North-West Kimberley, Western Australia: 63

Puttock, C.F. (10 March 1997), A revision of Gardenia (Rubiaceae) from northern and north-western Australia. Nuytsia 11(2): 249 [basionym]

basionym of: Gardenia pyriformis subsp. keartlandii (Tate) Puttock legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Gardenia keartlandi Tate orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gardenia pyriformis subsp. keartlandii (Tate) Puttock legitimate

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gardenia pyriformis subsp. keartlandii (Tate) Puttock legitimate

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