Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 356 [primary reference]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 167 [secondary reference]

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 362 [secondary reference]

Meyer, C.A. von (1843), Bemerkungen über die Gattungen der Daphnaceen ohne perigynische schuppen, nebst einer characteristick derselben. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 1(23): 385 [secondary reference]

• Type: Daphne laureola L.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 74 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Wikstroemia Endl. nom. et orth. cons.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Tas (naturalised)

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