Gaudichaud-Beaupre, C. (1825), Rapport sur la Flore des iles Malouines. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 5: 102 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: nom. et orth. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 6208). Orthography corrected by Gaudichaud-Beaupré in L. de Freycinet, Voy. Autour du Monde Bot. (Sep. 1829) 454.

Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (1847), Florae Tasmaniae Spicilegium: or, Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land. London Journal of Botany 6: 268 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 140 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 105 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 416 [secondary reference]

Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 3: 1293 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Pernettya empetrifolia (Lour.) Gaudich.

Baas, P. (1985), Comparative leaf anatomy of Pernettya Gaud. (Ericaceae). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 105: 481-495 [secondary reference]

Sleumer, H.O. (1985), Taxonomy of the genus Pernettya Gaud. (Ericaceae). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 105: 449-480 [secondary reference]

Middleton, D.J. & Wilcock,C.C. (1990), A critical examination of the status of Pernettya Gaud. as a genus distinct from Gaultheria L. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(3): 291-301 [secondary reference]

Middleton, D.J. (1991), Infrageneric classification of the genus Gaultheria (Ericaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 106: 243 [basionym]

basionym of: Gaultheria sect. Pernettya (Gaudich.) D.J.Middleton legitimate

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 325 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gaultheria Kalm ex L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Pernettia Gaudich. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gaultheria Kalm ex L. legitimate

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