Desfontaines, R.L. (1788), Histoire de l'Academie Royale des Sciences for 1786: 265, t. 8 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Ailanthus glandulosa Desf.

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 4124).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(19): 42 [secondary reference]

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Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Ailantus DC. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Garland, M.A. (19 June 2021), (2821) Proposal to conserve Ailanthus, nom. cons., (Simaroubaceae) as being of feminine gender. Taxon 70(3): 681 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Ailanthus Desf. in Hist. Acad. Roy. Sci. Mém. Math. Phys. (Paris, 4to) 1786 (Mém.): 265. 1788 [Simaroub.], nom. cons., gen. fem. cons. prop."

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