Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 2005 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Atherton, Dr. W.E. Roth."

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

• Vernacular: Merikin

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 45 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Fruits of the Rainforest: 148-149, Fig. 293 [secondary reference]

common name: Mountain Gardenia [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 311 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 83 [secondary reference]

Puttock, C.F. (10 July 1999), Revision of Atractocarpus (Rubiaceae: Gardenieae) in Australia and new combinations for some extra-Australian taxa. Australian Systematic Botany 12(2): 292 [basionym]

basionym of: Atractocarpus merikin (F.M.Bailey) Puttock legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 435 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Atractocarpus merikin (F.M.Bailey) Puttock legitimate

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