Roxburgh, W. (1832), Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh 2: 150 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "A native of the interior parts of Bengal. Flowering time the close of the rains, and the beginning of the cold season; seed ripe in December."

Baker, J.G. (1875), Revision of the genera and species of Asparagaceae. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 14: 624 [secondary reference]

Clifford, H.T. & Conran, J.G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Protasparagus. Flora of Australia 45: 161 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Protasparagus racemosus (Willd.) Oberm. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Asparagus racemosus Willd. legitimate

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