Forster, J.R. & Forster J.G.A. (29 November 1775), Characteres Generum Plantarum Edn. 1: 25, t. 13 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Dentella repens Forst & G.Forster

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 406 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lippaya Endl. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 74 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lippaya Endl. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 237 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 535 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "DIminutive from Latin dens, a tooth: the corolla-lobes are sometimes denticulate."

Airy Shaw, H.K. (1934), The genus Dentella in Australia. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1934(7): 290-300 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 795 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "DIminutive from Latin dens, a tooth: the corolla-lobes are sometimes denticulate."

Marsden, C.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Rubiaceae (except Gardenia). Flora of Central Australia: 279-280 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Rubiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 322 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 248 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lippaya Endl. legitimate

James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Dentella. Flora of New South Wales 3: 495-496 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Dentella. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 908 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Dentella. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 176-177 [secondary reference]

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 263 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Lippaya Endl. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]

Earp, C. (2013), The date of publication of the Forsters' Characteres Generum Plantarum revisited. New Zealand Journal of Botany 51(4): 252-263 [secondary reference]

• Comment: The author asserts that the 1775 editions of the Forsters' Characteres Generum Plantarum are not effectively published and that effective publication occurred only with the 1776 quarto edition. Proposals to conserve genera and to suppress other editions are also mooted. The 1775 publication date is maintained here until the outcome of these proposals is known.

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