Myrtaceae Juss.
Tristania longivalvis F.Muell. , legitimate, scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von (April 1886), Southern Science Record n.s 2: no page numbers [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "On Prince of Wale's Island; R. Brown; on Thursday-Island, Rev. B. Scortechini; at Cape York, B. Gulliver."
  • Comment: This volume was not published, but page proofs were distributed. See Court et al., Nuytsia 9: 315, Churchill et al., Muelleria 4: 102.
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 201, Fig. 174 [secondary reference]
common name: Buttercup-tree [n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M. (1982), A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland: 98, 131, 147, Fig. 21, Code 671 [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): 441 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "QUEENSLAND: Thursday Island, Scortechini (fruiting specimen, MEL)."
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): 441 [basionym]
basionym of: Welchiodendron longivalve (F.Muell.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. legitimate
Dowe, J.L. & Short, P.S. (2 February 2024), The Gullivers’ travels: Thomas Allen Gulliver (1848–1931), Benjamin John Gulliver (1851–1938) and Susannah Gulliver (1857–1938): their contribution to Australian natural history and horticulture. Swainsona 38: 61 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "Thursday Island, s.dat., B. Scortechini (MEL63739, “fruiting specimen”). Isolectotypes: Thursday Island, s.dat., B. Scortechini (MEL63738, MEL63740), Thursday Island, 1885, B. Scortechini (K000793316). Remaining syntypes: Prince of Wales Islands, 1802, R. Brown (MEL63736); Cape York, 12 Dec. 1867, B. Gulliver (MEL2291047, MEL63737) (fide AVH & JSTOR-GP, Mar. 2023)."