Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(4): 82 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In planitiebus lapidosis ad pedes montium Macadam Range."

• Etymology: "Ramuli fractura lacte acri amaro scatent."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 263 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 58 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 201 [secondary reference]

Bateman, W. & Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), Some ecological and systematic notes on the vegetation near Mt. Marumba in the centre of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 331 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 272 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1959), Orthography of certain specific epithets. Muelleria 1(2): 91 [orthographic variant]

orthographic variant of: Tristania lactiflora F.Muell. orth. var.

Willis, J.H. (15 July 1967), Tristania lactiflua or T. lactiflora?. Muelleria 1(3): 232 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Tristania lactiflora F.Muell. orth. var.

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 252 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. & Waterhouse, J.T. (1982), A review of the genus Tristania R.Br. (Myrtaceae): a heterogeneous assemblage of five genera. Australian Journal of Botany 30(4): 428 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Tristania lactiflora F.Muell. orth. var.

Wilson, Peter G. & Waterhouse, J.T. (1982), A review of the genus Tristania R.Br. (Myrtaceae): a heterogeneous assemblage of five genera. Australian Journal of Botany 30(4): 428 [basionym]

basionym of: Lophostemon lactifluus (F.Muell.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 132 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lophostemon lactifluus (F.Muell.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. legitimate

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 170 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lophostemon lactifluus (F.Muell.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Tristania lactiflora F.Muell. orth. var.

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