Rubiaceae Juss.
Ixora biflora Fosberg , legitimate, scientific
Fosberg, F.R. (1938), Two Queensland Ixoras. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 76: 235 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "North Queensland, slopes of Mt. Demi, rain-forests, alt. 2000 ft., Feb. 6, 1932, L.J. Brass 80 (type in Brisbane Herb., duplicates in Arnold Arb. and Bishop Mus.)"
Hyland, B.P.M. (1982), A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland: 23, 115, 142, Code 66 [secondary reference]
Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 166 [secondary reference]
Christophel, D.C. & Hyland, B.P.M. in Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Leaf Atlas of Australian Tropical Rain Forest Trees. Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system: 16, 34, 205, pl. 143(d), Code 66 [secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 1: 94, 129, 169, Code 66 [secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 2: 430, Code 66 [secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 311 [secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 83 [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 443 [secondary reference]
Reynolds, S.T. & Forster, P.I. (4 December 2006), A taxonomic revision of Ixora L. (Rubiaceae: Ixoroideae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 7(2): 260-262, Fig. 3, Map 2 APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Ixora biflora var. typica Fosberg nom. inval. nomenclatural synonym: Ixora biflora Fosberg var. biflora legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ixora biflora var. fleckeri Fosberg legitimate
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: The specific epithet is derived from the Latin bi- (two) and flos (flower) and refers to the floral arrangement as viewed by Fosberg (1938a).