Mueller, F.J.H. von (1892), Descriptions of new Australian Plants with occasional other annotations (continued). The Victorian Naturalist 8(12): 198 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mossman's-River; Sayer. Russell's-River; Johnson."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 209 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M. (1971), A key to the common rainforest trees between Townsville and Cooktown, based on leaf and bark features: 70, Code 459 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M. (1982), A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland: 71, 126, 140, Fig. 22, Code 459 [secondary reference]

common name: Gully Satinash [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M. (1983), A revision of Syzygium and allied genera (Myrtaceae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 9: 141 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "W. Sayer, Mossman River (MEL 60168, lectotype; MEL 60169, 60170, isotypes)"

Hyland, B.P.M. (1983), A revision of Syzygium and allied genera (Myrtaceae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 9: 141 [basionym]

basionym of: Waterhousea hedraiophylla (F.Muell.) B.Hyland legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 371 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Waterhousea hedraiophylla (F.Muell.) B.Hyland legitimate

Craven, L.A., Biffin, E. & Ashton, P.S. (2006), Acmena, Acmenosperma, Cleistocalyx, Piliocalyx and Waterhousea formally transferred to Syzygium (Myrtaceae). Blumea 51(1): 137 [basionym]

basionym of: Syzygium hedraiophyllum (F.Muell.) Craven & Biffin legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Syzygium hedraiophyllum (F.Muell.) Craven & Biffin legitimate

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