Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(31): 15 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad amnes sinui Rockingham's Bay adfluentis. Dallachy."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 287 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 59 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 209, Fig. 182 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M. (1982), A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland: 100, 132, 140, Fig. 23, Code 687 [secondary reference]

common name: Watergum [n/a] common name: Coastal Cherry [n/a] common name: Scented Satinash [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M. (1983), A revision of Syzygium and allied genera (Myrtaceae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 9: 107 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "J. Dallachy 75, Rockingham Bay (MEL 60629)."

Hyland, B.P.M. (1983), A revision of Syzygium and allied genera (Myrtaceae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 9: 107 [basionym]

basionym of: Syzygium oleosum (F.Muell.) B.Hyland legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 212 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Syzygium oleosum (F.Muell.) B.Hyland legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 366 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Syzygium oleosum (F.Muell.) B.Hyland legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Syzygium oleosum (F.Muell.) B.Hyland legitimate

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