Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(45): 163 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad sinum Rockingham's Bay; Dallachy."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 276 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 91 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1891), Descriptions of new Australian Plants with occasional other annotations (continued). The Victorian Naturalist 8(1): 16 [basionym]

basionym of: Bladhia brevipedata (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 305, Fig. 276 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (September 1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1056 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Fruits of the Rainforest: 42-43, Fig. 62 [secondary reference]

common name: Rambling Spearflower [n/a]

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: 307 [secondary reference]

Hu Chi Ming (1999), New synonyms and combinations in Asiatic Ardisia (Myrsinaceae). Blumea 44(2): 396 [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: 75 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 334 [secondary reference]

common name: Rambling Spearflower [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Bladhia brevipedata (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ardisia brevipedata F.Muell. var. brevipedata legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ardisia brevipedata var. depauperata Domin legitimate

• APC Comment: H.C.Ming, Blumea, 44: 396 (1999) includes the Malesian Ardisia apus Mez in the synonymy of A. brevipedata, a view not adopted here, following B.R.Jackes (pers. comm. 2007).
• APC Dist.: Qld

Jackes, B.R. (23 November 2009), Taxonomic revision of Australian Myrsinaceae: Ardisia Sw. and Tetrardisia Mez. Austrobaileya 8(1): 4, 6-7, Fig. 2, Map 2 APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Queensland. North Kennedy District: Rockingham Bay, 16 October 1868, Dallachy s.n. (lecto [here chosen]: MEL1612562; isolecto: K, MEL162563).

nomenclatural synonym: Ardisia brevipedata F.Muell. var. brevipedata legitimate common name: rambling spearflower [n/a]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Bladhia brevipedata (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

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