Mueller, F.J.H. von (1892), Descriptions of new Australian plants, with occasional other annotations. The Victorian Naturalist 9(1): 11 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "On Mount Bartle-Frere; Stephen Johnson."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 96 [secondary reference]

Hartley, T.G. & Jessup, L.W. (6 December 1982), A name change in the genus Flindersia (Rutaceae). Brunonia 5(1): 109 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Stephen Johnson, 1892, Queensland, Cook District, Mt Bartle Frere (MEL)."

Hartley, T.G. & Jessup, L.W. (6 December 1982), A name change in the genus Flindersia (Rutaceae). Brunonia 5(1): 109 [basionym]

basionym of: Flindersia oppositifolia (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley & Jessup legitimate

Jessup, L.W. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Celastraceae. Flora of Australia 22: 170 [secondary reference]

Scott, K.D., Harris, W.K. & Playford, J. (15 December 2000), The identity of Flindersia pimenteliana and F. oppositifolia (Rutaceae): evidence from DNA sequences. Austrobaileya 5(4): 668 [basionym]

basionym of: Flindersia pimenteliana f. oppositifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Scott, W.K.Harris & Playford legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Flindersia oppositifolia (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley & Jessup legitimate

Hartley, T.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Flindersia. Flora of Australia 26: 66 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Flindersia oppositifolia (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley & Jessup legitimate

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