Gmelin, J.F. (1791), Systema Naturae Edn. 13, 1: 280 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited). [given by P.Hiepko, Willdenowia 9 (1979) 45–48 as "Sonnerat s.n. in Herb. Jussieu 3926 (P-Ju), "Inde" (fl.)" ]

Jackson, B.D. (6 September 1893), Index Kewensis 1(1): 413 [secondary reference]

Hiepko, P. (1979), A revision of Opiliaceae I. Genera of the eastern Old World, excluding Opilia. Willdenowia 9: 45-48 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cansjera scandens Roxb. legitimate

Hiepko, P. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Opiliaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 29 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Cansjera leptostachya Benth. legitimate by Jackson, B.D. (6 September 1893), Index Kewensis 1(1): 413

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