Francis, W.D. (1951), A change of name for a timber tree of the rain forest of tropical Queensland. The Queensland Naturalist 14: 56 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Xanthostemon pachyspermus F.Muell. & F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Tristania odorata C.T.White & W.D.Francis legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M. (1971), A key to the common rainforest trees between Townsville and Cooktown, based on leaf and bark features: 66, Code 423 [secondary reference]

common name: Johnstone River Yellowwood [n/a] common name: Sour Hardwood [n/a] common name: Yellow Penda [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M. (1982), A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland: 66, 125, 147, Fig. 21, Code 423 [secondary reference]

common name: Johnstone River Yellowwood [n/a] common name: Sour Hardwood [n/a] common name: Yellow Penda [n/a]

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): 443 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ristantia pachysperma (F.Muell. & F.M.Bailey) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 354 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ristantia pachysperma (F.Muell. & F.M.Bailey) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ristantia pachysperma (F.Muell. & F.M.Bailey) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. legitimate

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