Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 216 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Aethiopia."

Aiton, W.T. (1811), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 2: 80 [basionym]

basionym of: Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton legitimate

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1825), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 2: 849 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton legitimate

Brown, R. in Britten, J. (1906), Plantae introductae vicinitatis Portus Jackson, in Introduced Plants at Sydney, 1802-4. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 44: 235 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 464 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton legitimate common name: Narrow-leaved Cotton-bush [n/a]

Woodson, R.E. (1954), The North American Species of Asclepias L. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 41(1): 151-152 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Linn. Herb., London, no. 310.23, photo!" ["310.23" seems to be an error for 310.33]

nomenclatural synonym: Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gomphocarpus brasiliensis E.Fourn. legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 699-700, Fig. 992 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton legitimate common name: Narrow-leaved Cotton-bush [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 352 [secondary reference]

common name: Narrow-leaved Cotton Bush [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 69 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 310 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton legitimate

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 525 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton legitimate

Harden, G.J. & Williams, J.B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 527 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 216 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 327 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton legitimate

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