Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 409, Fig. 7 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Australia. York Sound, N.W. coast, A. Cunningham; Victoria river, Bynoe."

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

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]

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 138 [secondary reference]

Puttock, C.F. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Gardenia. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 910-911 [secondary reference]

pro parte taxonomic synonym: Gardenia edulis F.Muell. nom. illeg.

Puttock, C.F. (10 March 1997), A revision of Gardenia (Rubiaceae) from northern and north-western Australia. Nuytsia 11(2): 247-248 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "York Sound, Gardner District, Western Australia, A. Cunningham (lecto - here designated: BM)."

pro parte taxonomic synonym: Gardenia edulis F.Muell. nom. illeg. common name: Dulwurr [n/a] common name: Dalwarr [n/a]

• Etymology: "Pyriformis (pear-shaped) is more characteristic of dried immature fruits (i.e., those of the type collection); mature fruits are usually ovoid."

Puttock, C.F. (10 March 1997), A revision of Gardenia (Rubiaceae) from northern and north-western Australia. Nuytsia 11(2): 251 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Gardenia pyriformis subsp. orientalis Puttock legitimate by Puttock, C.F. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Gardenia. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 910-911

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

common name: Malara [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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