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

• Type: "In locis rupestribus ad flumen Victoriae."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 409 [secondary reference]

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]

Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 109 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1923), Botanical notes : Kimberley Division of Western Australia. Bulletin (Western Australian Forests Department) 32: 92 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (May 1931), Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 122 [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]

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]

Forbes, S.J., Kenneally, K.F. & Aldrick, J.M. (1988), A botanical survey of Vansittart Bay and Napier Broome Bay, Northern Kimberley, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 17(6/7): 184 [secondary reference]

Puttock, C.F. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Gardenia. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 910 [secondary reference]

Puttock, C.F. (10 March 1997), A revision of Gardenia (Rubiaceae) from northern and north-western Australia. Nuytsia 11(2): 243-247, Fig. 6 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Victoria River, [1856] Victoria River District, Northern Territory, F. Mueller s.n. (lecto - here designated: MEL; isolecto: K; see typification).

• Etymology: The epithet 'megasperma' refers to the comparatively large seeds (or fruits) of this species.

Puttock, C.F. (10 March 1997), A revision of Gardenia (Rubiaceae) from northern and north-western Australia. Nuytsia 11(2): 260 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Gardenia sericea Puttock legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1923), Botanical notes : Kimberley Division of Western Australia. Bulletin (Western Australian Forests Department) 32: 92

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Gardenia sericea Puttock legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (May 1931), Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 122

Puttock, C.F. (10 March 1997), A revision of Gardenia (Rubiaceae) from northern and north-western Australia. Nuytsia 11(2): 240 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Gardenia gardneri 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): 228 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Gardenia dacryoides A.Cunn. ex Puttock legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 409

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Gardenia dacryoides A.Cunn. ex Puttock legitimate by Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 109

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Gardenia dacryoides A.Cunn. ex Puttock legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1923), Botanical notes : Kimberley Division of Western Australia. Bulletin (Western Australian Forests Department) 32: 92

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Gardenia dacryoides A.Cunn. ex Puttock legitimate by Forbes, S.J., Kenneally, K.F. & Aldrick, J.M. (1988), A botanical survey of Vansittart Bay and Napier Broome Bay, Northern Kimberley, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 17(6/7): 184

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

nomenclatural synonym: Gardenia megasperma F.Muell. var. megasperma legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

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

common name: Wild Gardenia [n/a]

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