Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 460 [tax. nov.]

Brown, R. (3 April 1810), On the Asclepiadeae: 17-18 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 336 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Leichhardtia R.Br. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 94 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Leichhardtia R.Br. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 217, 218 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 326 [secondary reference]

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

• Etymology: "After William Marsden, 1754-1836, orientalist and numismatist; a friend of Sir Joseph Banks and Dr. Solander, in London; wrote a 'History of Sumatra' and a 'Dictionary and Grammar of the Malayan language.'"

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

• Etymology: "After William Marsden, 1754-1836, orientalist and numismatist; a friend of Sir Joseph Banks and Dr. Solander, in London; wrote a 'History of Sumatra' and a 'Dictionary and Grammar of the Malayan language.'"

Bullock, A.A. (1957), Notes on African Asclepiadaceae - VIII. Kew Bulletin 11(3): 510 [secondary reference]

• Type: Marsdenia tinctoria R.Br.

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 350 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 70 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 313 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Williams, J.B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 534 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 714 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. (1993), Notes relating to the floras of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, IV. Kew Bulletin 48(2): 309 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (25 October 1995), Circumscription of Marsdenia (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae), with a revision of the genus in Australia and Papuasia. Australian Systematic Botany 8(5): 721 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Stephanotis Thouars nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Gymnema R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Harrisonia Sims nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Baxtera Rchb. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Bidaria (Endl.) Decne. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leichhardtia R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thozetia F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gymnema sect. Bidaria Endl. legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 245-267 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Stephanotis Thouars nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Gymnema R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gymnema sect. Bidaria Endl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bidaria (Endl.) Decne. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leichhardtia R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thozetia F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 328-329 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 44 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Stephanotis Thouars nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Gymnema R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Baxtera Rchb. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Gymnema sect. Bidaria Endl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bidaria (Endl.) Decne. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leichardtia R.Br. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Leichhardtia R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thozetia F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, Vic

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Stephanotis Thouars nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Gymnema R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Harrisonia Sims nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Baxtera Rchb. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Gymnema sect. Bidaria Endl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bidaria (Endl.) Decne. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leichardtia R.Br. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Leichhardtia R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thozetia F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, Vic

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (1 June 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: An Asian taxon previously recorded for Australia. Australian taxa in this genus are now placed in various other genera in the Apocynaceae.

---