Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 470 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (3 July 1812), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 2(2): 873 [basionym]

basionym of: Gynopogon buxifolius (R.Br.) Poir. nom. inval.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 16 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 85 [secondary reference]

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

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 417 [basionym]

basionym of: Pulassarium buxifolium (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Schumann, K. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (July 1895), Apocynaceae [continued]. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien IV, 2(122): 151 [basionym]

basionym of: Gynopogon buxifolius (R.Br.) K.Schum. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 128 [secondary reference]

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

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 461, Fig. 189 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 696, Fig. 985 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 472, Fig. 109 [secondary reference]

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

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 141 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Apocynaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 523, Fig. 209 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Williams, J.B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Apocynaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 516 [secondary reference]

common name: Sea Box [n/a]

Forster, P.I. (19 October 1992), A taxonomic revision of Alyxia (Apocynaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(5): 560 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Tasmania. Kent's Group [South Coast], R.Brown [Iter Australiense 2854] [lecto: BM (photo at BRI!); isolecto: BM [specimen with information as in lecto, but lacking Iter Australiense 2854] (photo at BRI!), K (photo at BRI!)]."

nomenclatural synonym: Pulassarium buxifolium (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Gynopogon buxifolius (R.Br.) K.Schum. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alyxia capitellata Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alyxia buxifolia var. subacuta Domin legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Apocynaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 129-130, Figs 29, 53A-B, Map 166 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gynopogon buxifolius (R.Br.) Poir. nom. inval. nomenclatural synonym: Pulassarium buxifolium (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alyxia capitellata Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alyxia buxifolia var. subacuta Domin legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Apocynaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 322, Fig. 63a [secondary reference]

common name: Sea-box [n/a]

Middleton, D.J. (2002), Revision of Alyxia (Apocynaceae). Part 2: Pacific Islands and Australia. Blumea 47(1): 14-15, Map 3 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Pulassarium buxifolium (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alyxia capitellata Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alyxia buxifolia var. subacuta Domin legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Gynopogon buxifolius (R.Br.) Poir. nom. inval. nomenclatural synonym: Pulassarium buxifolium (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Gynopogon buxifolius (R.Br.) K.Schum. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Alyxia buxifolia R.Br. var. buxifolia legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alyxia capitellata Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alyxia buxifolia var. subacuta Domin legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 9 [secondary reference]

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