Raddi, G. (1823), Opuscoli Scientifici 4: 254, t. VII, fig. 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Cresce spontaneo lungo la costa marittima del Brasile, ove porta la denominazione di Arecá de praja."

Bailey, F.M. (1912), Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 28(4): 275 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 202 [secondary reference]

common name: Shore Guava [n/a]

Fosberg, F.R. (1962), Miscellaneous notes on Hawaiian plants - 3. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian ethnology and natural history 23(2): 37 [basionym]

basionym of: Psidium cattleyanum var. littorale (Raddi) Fosberg legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 216 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Psidium cattleyanum var. littorale (Raddi) Fosberg legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Psidium cattleyanum var. littorale (Raddi) Fosberg legitimate

Parnell, J. & Soh, W.K. (July 2018), Nomenclature and typification of various Myrtaceae in Southeast Asia. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 75(2): 208 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Raddi, Alc. Sp. Pero 6, t. 1, Fig. 2 (1821) (lecto, designated here)."

Parnell, J. & Soh, W.K. (July 2018), Nomenclature and typification of various Myrtaceae in Southeast Asia. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 75(2): 208 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Psidium guajava L. legitimate

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