Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(31): 17 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Gillbeea adenopetala F.Muell.

• Etymology: "Genus fructu ignoto vix rite locandum signavi nomine Doctoris Guilielmi Gillbee, operatoris chirurgici peritissimi, explorationum Australiae tropicae promotoris actuosi."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 48 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 169 [secondary reference]

Hoogland, R.D. (1960), Studies in the Cunoniaceae. I. The genera Ceratopetalum, Gillbeea, Aistopetalum, and Calycomis. Australian Journal of Botany 8(3): 328-333 [secondary reference]

Hopkins, H.C.F. & Hoogland, R.D. (2002), Cunoniaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 16: 105 [secondary reference]

Bradford, J.C., Fortune Hopkins, H.C. & Barnes, R.W. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Cunoniaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 104 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 148 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 359 [secondary reference]

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