Loureiro, J. de (1790), Flora Cochinchinensis Edn. 1, 1: 189, 192 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Floscopa scandens Lour.

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 89 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 122 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 565 [secondary reference]

Faden, R.B. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Commelinaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 124 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 131 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 341 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Floscopae Hassk. orth. var. orthographic variant: Floriscopa F.Muell. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: Qld

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