Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 338 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland. Chin-Chin Creek, Bowman."

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

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

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: 301 [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): 770, figs 47, 81 (map) [secondary reference]

• Type: Queensland, Port Curtis District (?): Chin Chin Creek, Bowman 319 (undated) (holo: K (photo at BRI); iso: BRI (AQ333100), MEL (9254)).

taxonomic synonym: Marsdenia rhyncholepis F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsdenia fragrans Domin legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 259-260, Fig. 117A-E, Map 305 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Marsdenia rhyncholepis F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsdenia fragrans Domin legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 2234 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Marsdenia fragrans Domin legitimate

Forster, P.I. (24 March 2021), Gymnema R.Br. and Leichhardtia R.Br. (Apocynaceae), reinstated genera for taxa previously included in Marsdenia R.Br.: a conspectus for Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Austrobaileya 11: 9 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Australia. Queensland. Chin Chin Creek, s.dat., [E.M.] Bowman s.n. (holo: K 000873038; iso: BRI [AQ333100: with #319], MEL 9254 [with #319])."

Forster, P.I. (24 March 2021), Gymnema R.Br. and Leichhardtia R.Br. (Apocynaceae), reinstated genera for taxa previously included in Marsdenia R.Br.: a conspectus for Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Austrobaileya 11: 9 [basionym]

basionym of: Leichhardtia cymulosa (Benth.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

Brown, G.K. (December 2021), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2020 to 2021. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2021: 6 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Leichhardtia cymulosa (Benth.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

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