Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 467 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Brown, R. (3 April 1810), On the Asclepiadeae: 62-63 [secondary reference]

• Type: (not designated).

Pfeiffer, L.K.G. (1874), Nomenclator Botanicus 2 (2): 1621 [secondary reference]

• Type: Wrightia zeylonica (L.) R.Br.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 93 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Balfouria R.Br. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 325 [secondary reference]

Ngan, Phung Trung (1965), A revision of the genus Wrightia (Apocynaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 52: 114-175 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Apocynaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 706 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Apocynaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 190-194 APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Balfouria R.Br. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 56 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 913 [secondary reference]

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