Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(31): 19 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In silvis ad sinum Rockingham's Bay. Dallachy."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 425 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 75 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 172 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 249, Fig. 220 [secondary reference]

• Vernacular: Boorom

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 188 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Rubiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 337 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 70 [secondary reference]

Johansson, J.T. (1988), Revision of the genus Caelospermum Blume (Rubiaceae, Rubioideae, Morindeae). Blumea 33(2): 283-284 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Dallachy s.n., Australia, Queensland, Rockingham's Bay, Oct. 1864 (MEL, lecto, selected here)."

• APC Comment: Infraspecific rank not recognised in NSW.
• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

McCune, S. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Coelospermum. Flora of New South Wales 3: 497-498 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 436 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Morinda sp. (Danbulla) [n/a]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Caelospermum paniculatum J.T.Johanss. orth. var.

• APC Comment: Infraspecific rank not recognised in NSW.
• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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