Cunningham, A. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1834), Botanical Magazine: subt. 3313 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Australasia, adoras tropicas, nempe Endeavour R. supra littus orientale, nec non littora septentrionali – occidentalia, Montogu Sound, etc. 1820. A. Cunningham."

Schumann, K. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (June 1895), Apocynaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien IV, 2(120-121): 138 [basionym]

basionym of: Alstonia actinophylla (A.Cunn.) K.Schum. legitimate

Domin, K. (September 1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1081 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Alstonia actinophylla (A.Cunn.) K.Schum. legitimate

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: 154 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Cunningham 206, Australia, Montague Sound (Gray Herbarium)."

Markgraf, F. (1975), Florae Malesianae Praecursores LIV. Apocynaceae III. Blumea 22(1): 26 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (18 December 1992), A taxonomic revision of Alstonia (Apocynaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(6): 750 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Alstonia actinophylla (A.Cunn.) K.Schum. legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Apocynaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 119 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Alstonia actinophylla (A.Cunn.) K.Schum. legitimate

Sidiyasa, K. (1998), Taxonomy, phylogeny, and wood anatomy of Alstonia (Apocynaceae). Blumea Supplementary Series 11: 98 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Alstonia actinophylla (A.Cunn.) K.Schum. legitimate

Middleton, D.J. (2007), Apocynaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 18: 35 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Alstonia actinophylla (A.Cunn.) K.Schum. legitimate

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