Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 489 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 216 [secondary reference]

Rydberg, P.A. (1908), North American Flora: 245 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Spiraea salicifolia L.

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 575, 576 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 188 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Malaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 543 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Malaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 543 [secondary reference]

Kalkman, C. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Rosaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 355 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 814 [secondary reference]

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