Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(3): 57 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Prope montem Pluto. Thom. Mitchell, Eques. In pratis basalticis inter flumina Burdekin et Burnett."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 314 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 93 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 215 [secondary reference]

common name: Bitter Bark [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 318, Fig. 300 [secondary reference]

common name: Bitter-bark [n/a] common name: Quinine [n/a] common name: Bancroft's Tonic-bark [n/a]

• Vernacular: Binert

Monachino, J.V. (1949), A revision of the genus Alstonia (Apocynaceae). Pacific Science; a quarterly devoted to the biological and physical sciences of the pacific region 3: 169 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "T.L.Mitchell 261, Queensland, Mt. Pluto"

taxonomic synonym: Alstonia constricta var. mollis (Benth.) F.M.Bailey legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 551-552 [secondary reference]

common name: Peruvian Bark [n/a] common name: Fever-bark [n/a] common name: Bitter-bark [n/a] common name: Quinine [n/a] common name: Quinine Tree [n/a] common name: Quinine Bush [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 67 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Apocynaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 276, Fig. 364 [secondary reference]

common name: peruvian bark [n/a] common name: quinine tree [n/a] common name: Bitter bark [n/a]

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 20 [secondary reference]

common name: Bitterbark [n/a]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Apocynaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 304-305 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Alstonia mollis Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alstonia constricta var. mollis (Benth.) F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alstonia constricta var. montmariensis F.M.Bailey legitimate common name: Bitter Bark [n/a]

Floyd, A.G. (1989), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia: 69-70 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Quinine [n/a] common name: Bitter Bark [n/a] common name: Fever Bark [n/a] common name: Quinine Tree [n/a]

Harden, G.J. & Williams, J.B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Apocynaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 519 [secondary reference]

common name: Quinine Bush [n/a] common name: Bitter Bark [n/a]

Forster, P.I. (18 December 1992), A taxonomic revision of Alstonia (Apocynaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(6): 746-748, fig. 5A (map) [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Alstonia mollis Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alstonia constricta var. mollis (Benth.) F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alstonia constricta var. montmariensis F.M.Bailey legitimate

Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]

common name: Peruvian Bark [n/a] common name: Quinine Tree [n/a] common name: Quinine [n/a] common name: Fever Bark [n/a] common name: Bitter Bark [n/a]

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Apocynaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 118-119, Figs 27, 51A-C, Map 152 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Alstonia mollis Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alstonia constricta var. mollis (Benth.) F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alstonia constricta var. montmariensis F.M.Bailey legitimate common name: Quinine [n/a] common name: Bitterbark [n/a]

Sidiyasa, K. (1998), Taxonomy, phylogeny, and wood anatomy of Alstonia (Apocynaceae). Blumea Supplementary Series 11: 122, fig. 5.9 (map) [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 32 [secondary reference]

common name: Quinine Bush [n/a] common name: Bitterbark [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Alistonia constricta K.A.W.Williams orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Alstonia constricta F.Muell. var. constricta legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alstonia mollis Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alstonia constricta var. mollis (Benth.) F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alstonia constricta var. montmariensis F.M.Bailey legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

Floyd, A.G. (2008), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia Edn. 2: 70 (fig.)-71 [secondary reference]

common name: Bitter Bark [n/a] common name: Fever Bark [n/a] common name: Quinine Tree [n/a] common name: Quinine [n/a]

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