Baker, R.T. (1899), Contributions to a knowledge of the flora of Australia: No. II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 24(3): 439 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "a plant from Nullum Mt., Murwillumbah (W.B.) [i.e. Wilhelm Baeuerlen (1840–1917)]."

misapplication: Argophyllum nitidum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate by Baker, R.T. (1897), Contribution to a knowledge of the flora of Australia, No. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(2): 232, t. x

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 127 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J., White, J. & Rees, B. (1909), Contributions to the Flora of Australia No. 11. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 22(1): 10 [basionym]

basionym of: Argophyllum nitidum var. nullumense (R.T.Baker) Ewart, Jean White & B.Rees legitimate

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 705 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Argophyllum nitidum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 533 pro parte misapplication: Argophyllum nitidum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 168

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 114 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Argophyllum nitidum var. nullumense (R.T.Baker) Ewart, Jean White & B.Rees legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Escalloniaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 222 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Argophyllum nitidum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 533

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 25 [secondary reference]

Floyd, A.G. (1989), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia: 127 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Silver Leaf [n/a]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 26 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Escalloniaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 440 [secondary reference]

common name: Silver Leaf [n/a]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 225 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Argophyllum nitidum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate common name: Silver Leaf [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Argophyllum nitidum var. nullumense (R.T.Baker) Ewart, Jean White & B.Rees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Argophyllum nullumensis R.T.Baker nom. inval., nom. prov. misapplication: Argophyllum nitidum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1892), Exhibitions of specimens. The Victorian Naturalist 9(1): 5 misapplication: Argophyllum nitidum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate by Baker, R.T. (1897), Contribution to a knowledge of the flora of Australia, No. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(2): 232, t. x misapplication: Argophyllum nitidum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. var. nitidum legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 533 misapplication: Argophyllum nitidum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 533

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

Floyd, A.G. (2008), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia Edn. 2: 79 (fig.)-80 [secondary reference]

common name: Silver Leaf [n/a]

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (3 October 2014), Appendix A. Name and status changes 2013 census to 2014 census. Census of the Queensland Flora: 18 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. & Forster, P.I. (14 November 2018), A taxonomic revision of Argophyllum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (Argophyllaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 10(2): 225-227, Figs. 6, 8A-D, Map 4 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Type: New South Wales. Nullum Mt, Murwillumbah, December 1896, W. Baeuerlen 1873 (lecto: NSW 371693 [here designated]; isolecto: BRI [AQ342381], CANB 00552737, MEL 2234901, NSW 505695, NSW 372756)."

nomenclatural synonym: Argophyllum nitidum var. nullumense (R.T.Baker) Ewart, Jean White & B.Rees legitimate misapplication: Argophyllum nitidum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1892), Exhibitions of specimens. The Victorian Naturalist 9(1): 5 misapplication: Argophyllum nitidum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate by Baker, R.T. (1897), Contribution to a knowledge of the flora of Australia, No. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(2): 232, t. x misapplication: Argophyllum nitidum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 533

• Etymology: "The epithet refers to the type locality, Mt Nullum, in north-eastern New South Wales."

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