Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 335 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland. Rockhampton, Thozet"

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

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 424 [basionym]

basionym of: Vincetoxicum calcaratum (Benth.) Kuntze legitimate

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

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 18 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 19 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (14 February 1992), A taxonomic revision of Heterostemma Wight & Arn. (Asclepiadaceae: Stapelieae) in Australia and the western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 5(1): 75 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Heterostemma acuminatum Decne. legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 278 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Heterostemma acuminatum Decne. legitimate

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