Linnaeus, C. [filius] (April 1782), Supplementum Plantarum: 21, 156 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Escallonia myrtilloides L.f.

Schultes, J.A. (1819), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 5: 329 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 558, 561 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 114 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 410 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Stereoxylon Ruiz & Pav. legitimate

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Escalloniaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 441 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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