Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Banisterodes elliptica (Korth. ex Miq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 46. 1891, nom. illeg. (as ellipticum)
  • Xanthophyllum pyrifolium Blume ex Chodat in Merr., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 15: 134. 1929, nom. inval. pro syn.

• Heterotypic
  • Xanthophyllum kingii Chodat, Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(4): 255. 1896. (as Xanthophyllum Kingii)
  • Xanthophyllum citrifolium Chodat, Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(4): 255. 1896.
  • Xanthophyllum hildebrandii Meijden, Leiden Bot. Ser. 7: 139, fig. 10B(c). 1982.

Primary references

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page. 

• Van der Meijden, R. 1982. Systematics and evolution of Xanthophyllum (Polygalaceae). (Leiden Botanical Series 7). 159 pp. E. J. Brill/Leiden University Press, Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-04-06594-6 PDF Reference page.  (as Xanthophyllum ellipticum and X. hildebrandii)

Additional references

• De Wilde, W.J.J.O. & Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2007. Polygalaceae. Pp. 219–295 in Soepadmo, E., Saw, L.G., Chung, R.C.K. & Kiew, R. (eds.), Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak, Vol. 6. Ampang Press, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN 978-983-2181-89-7. Reference page.  (as Xanthophyllum ellipticum and X. hildebrandii)

• De Wilde, W.J.J.O. & Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2009. Key and checklist of Xanthophyllum (Polygalaceae) of Borneo. Reinwardtia 13: 79–86. Online Reference page. 

• Pendry, C.A. 2001. Polygalaceae. Pp. 498–538 in Santisuk, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.), Flora of Thailand, Vol. 7(3). The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok. Reference page. 

• Van der Meijden, R. 1988. Polygalaceae. Pp. 455–539 in Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. & De Wilde, W.J.J.O. (eds.), Flora Malesiana, Ser. I, Vol. 10(3). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. BHL Reference page.  (as Xanthophyllum ellipticum and X. hildebrandii)

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Xanthophyllum ellipticum. Published online. Accessed 18 February 2019.

• GBIF

• Hassler, M. 2019. Xanthophyllum ellipticum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 February 18.