Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 460 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ..."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 77 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 257 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1930), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1205 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 264 [secondary reference]

Anonymous (1974), Annual Report for 1973/74. Annual Report of the Botany Branch and the Queensland Herbarium: 12 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 169 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 12 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (9 December 1991), The genus Pleurocarpaea Benth. (Asteraceae: Vernonieae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 14(1): 94, map 1 APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Mallinson's Is. Arnhem Bay, R.Brown (labelled D.Bauer), 1.iii.1803 (lecto (designated here): K; photo, DNA; isolecto: BM, CANB, K, MEL, NSW).

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Wilson, A.J.G. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Minuria - Xanthium. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 948, Fig. 286W, 288I [secondary reference]

Ghafoor, A. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Cichorioideae Trib. 3. Vernonieae. Flora of Australia 37: 180-181, Fig. 20A-E, map [secondary reference]

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