Raoul, E.F.L. (1844), Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique ser. 3, 2: 121 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Akaroa ad sylvarum margines."

Oliver, W.R.B. (1935), The Genus Coprosma. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 132: 109-112 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 611 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Rubiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 640-641, Fig. 124h APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

• Vernacular: Karamu (Maori name)

Thompson, I.R. (4 January 2010), A new species of Leptostigma (Rubiaceae: Coprosminae) and notes on the Coprosminae in Australia. Muelleria 28(1): 38, Fig. 5 [secondary reference]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 72 [secondary reference]

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