Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 270 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 130 [secondary reference]

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1824), Rutaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 1: 728 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 362 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Blackburnia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 12 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Xanthoxylum Mill. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Blackburnia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 21 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Xanthoxylum Mill. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Blackburnia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 81 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 79 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: From the Greek xanthos (yellow) and xylon (wood).

Fosberg, F.R. (1959), Typification of Zanthoxylum L. Taxon 8: 103 [secondary reference]

• Type: Zanthoxylum fraxineum Willd.

Hartley, T.G. (15 July 1966), A revision of the Malesian species of Zanthoxylum (Rutaceae). Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 47(3): 171-221 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fagara L. nom. cons.

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 817 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 194 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Rutaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 467 [secondary reference]

Richards, P.G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Zanthoxylum. Flora of New South Wales 2: 265 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 170 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fagara L. nom. cons.

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Rutaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 673-675 [secondary reference]

Richards, P.G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Zanthoxylum. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 313-314 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 471 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Xanthoxylum Mill. orth. var. orthographic variant: Zanthoxylon Walter orth. var. orthographic variant: Xanthoxylon Spreng. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Fagara L. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Blackburnia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 920 [secondary reference]

Hartley, T.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Zanthoxylum. Flora of Australia 26: 74 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fagara L. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Blackburnia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

• Etymology: "from the Greek xanthos (yellow) and xylon (wood), referring to the colour of the wood."

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