Gaertner, C.F. von (1807), Supplementum Carpologicae 2: 149, t. 210, fig. 1 [comb. nov.]

• Type: "Ex collectione Cl. Desfontaines."

basionym: Ventenatia procumbens Cav. legitimate

• Comment: Described under ARDISIA Gaertner (1790) non Sw. (1788).

Paterson, B.R. (1958), Revision of the genus Melichrus R.Br. (Epacridaceae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 82: 305 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melichrus procumbens (Cav.) Druce legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Melichrus procumbens (Cav.) Druce legitimate

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