Jussieu, A.L. de (4 August 1789), Genera Plantarum: 329 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Candolle, A.P. de (1821), Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale 2: 693 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Tristemma mauritianum J.Gmelin

White, C.T. & Francis, W.D. (1926), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 37: 160 [secondary reference]

Jacques-Felix, H. (1976), Le genre Tristemma Jussieu (Melastomataceae). Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [Series 3]: 137-207 [secondary reference]

Whiffin, T.P. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Melastomataceae. Flora of Australia 18: 249-251 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 283 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 875 [secondary reference]

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