Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 479 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 214 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 167 [secondary reference]

common name: The Quince [n/a]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 287 [secondary reference]

• Type: Pyrus communis L.

Raphael, T.D. (1955), Tasmanian garden escapes. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 89: 150 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 576 [secondary reference]

Kalkman, C. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Rosaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 379 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 721 [secondary reference]

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