Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 111 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Callicarpa americana L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 50 [secondary reference]

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 513 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 103 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 382 [secondary reference]

Moldenke, H.N. (1966), Additional materials towar a monograph of the genus Callicarpa. I. Phytologia 13(6): 401-444, 466-506 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 209 [secondary reference]

Munir, A.A. (23 December 1982), A taxonomic revision of the genus Callicarpa L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 6(1): 5-8, Map 1 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Porphyra Lour. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Amictonis Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Agonon Raf. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Verbenaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 373 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 182 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Geunsia Blume legitimate

Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Verbenaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 615 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Verbenaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 786 [secondary reference]

Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Verbenaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 362 [secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 233 [secondary reference]

Harley, R.M., Atkins, S., Budantsev, A.L., Cantino, P.D., Conn, B.J., Grayer, R., Harley, M.M., de Kok, R., Krestovskaja, T., Morales, R., Paton, A.J., Ryding, O. & Upson, T. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Labiatae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 7: 267-268 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Calocarpa T.Post & Kuntze orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Porphyra Lour. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Geunsia Blume legitimate taxonomic synonym: Amictonis Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Agonon Raf. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, ChI, NT, Qld, NSW

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 137 [secondary reference]

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