Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. in Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. (ed.) (1834), Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis 1: 157 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Loesener, L.E.T. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (1942), Hippocrateaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien Edn. 2, 20b: 206 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Pleurostylia wightii Wight & Arn.

Francis, W.D. & Chippendale, G. (1970), Australian Rainforest Trees Edn. 3: 241 [secondary reference]

Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 3: 1367 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pleurandra Labill. legitimate

Jessup, L.W. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Celastraceae. Flora of Australia 22: 178 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Celastraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 31 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 118 [secondary reference]

Simmons, M.P. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Celastraceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 50 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 681 [secondary reference]

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