Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 176 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 424 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 75 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 249 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Rubiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 335 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

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: 311 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 446 [secondary reference]

common name: Vomit Vine [n/a]

Razafimandimbison, S.G. & Bremer, B. (2011), Nomenclatural changes and taxonomic notes in the tribe Morindeae (Rubiaceae). Adansonia 33(2): 296 [basionym]

basionym of: Gynochthodes umbellata (L.) Razafim. & B.Bremer legitimate

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