Rubiaceae Juss.
Opercularia Gaertn. , legitimate, scientific
Gaertner, J. (December 1788), De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 1: 111 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 432 [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: 173 [secondary reference]
common name: Stink Weeds [n/a]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 253 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 535-536 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "From Latin operculum, a lid, cover: alluding to the lid of each partial fruiting head."
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 796 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "From Latin operculum, a lid, cover: alluding to the lid of each partial fruiting head."
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 355 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 270 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 336 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 190 [secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Rubiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 324 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Rubiaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 644 [secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 120 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Cryptospermum Young ex Pers. legitimate
James, T.A. & Allen, W.K. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Opercularia. Flora of New South Wales 3: 490 [secondary reference]
common name: Stink Weeds [n/a]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Rubiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 631-632 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 865 [secondary reference]
State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]
common name: Stink Weeds [n/a]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 603 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Cryptospermum Young ex Pers. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleuthranthes F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Choristanthus K.Schum. nom. inval., nom. prov. taxonomic synonym: Eleutheranthes T.Post & Kuntze orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]
common name: Stink Weeds [n/a]