White, C.T. (1936), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 47: 64 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mossman River Gorge, in rain-forest, L.J. Brass, No. 2072 (type: flowering and fruiting specimens); 5th February"

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Fruits of the Rainforest: 232-233, Fig. 472 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 301 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 56 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 3028 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 66 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Polyscias purpureus C.T.White orth. var.

• APC Dist.: Qld

Bean, A.R. (3 November 2015), A conspectus of Polyscias J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (Araliaceae) in Queensland, Australia. Austrobaileya 9(3): 452, Map 5 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Polyscias purpureus C.T.White orth. var.

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