Linnaeus, C. [filius] (April 1782), Supplementum Plantarum: 39, 264 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Ternstroemia meridionalis L.f.

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 5153).

Barker, W.R. (3 September 1980), Taxonomic revision in Theaceae in Papuasia. I. Gordonia, Ternstroemia, Adinandra and Archboldiodendron. Brunonia 3(1): 14-42 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 322 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 540 [secondary reference]

Weitzman, A.L., Dressler, S. & Stevens, P.F. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Ternstroemiaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 456 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 847 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ternstroemia sect. Euternstroemia Urb. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Ternstroemia sect. Euternstroemia Melch. nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

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