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

• Type: "In collibus petraeis terrae Arnhemicae."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 408 [secondary reference]

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]

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: 155 [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. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Gardenia. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 911 [secondary reference]

Puttock, C.F. (10 March 1997), A revision of Gardenia (Rubiaceae) from northern and north-western Australia. Nuytsia 11(2): 252-254, Fig. 8 APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "banks of the Victoria River, Victoria River District, Northern Territory, December 1855, F. Mueller s.n. (lecto: here designated: MEL 598354)."

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

• Etymology: "Presumably named 'resinosa' for the viscous resin that covers the buds and expanding leaves of this and many other species in the genus."

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

pro parte misapplied to: Gardenia pyriformis A.Cunn. ex Benth. subsp. pyriformis 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): 240 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte 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

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

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