Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 257 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "28 miles S.E. Newcastle Waters, N.T., G.F. Hill (No. 498), 8/7/1911."

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]

Puttock, C.F. (10 March 1997), A revision of Gardenia (Rubiaceae) from northern and north-western Australia. Nuytsia 11(2): 231 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Gardenia ewartii Puttock legitimate

Queensland Herbarium (2003), New plant names and taxa Queensland July 1994-July 2003: 48 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gardenia ewartii Puttock legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Gardenia ewartii Puttock legitimate

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