Schwarz, O.K.A. (28 December 1927), Plantae novae vel minus cognitae Australiae tropicae. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 24(4-13): 84 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Port Darwin, open forest; "fruit as large as a medium sized orange" (Bleeser no. 359, 544)."

Jacobs, M. (1965), The genus Capparis (Capparaceae) from the Indus to the Pacific. Blumea 12(3): 527 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Bleeser 544 (B, n.v., MEL, iso), Australia, Northern Territory, Port Darwin, fl. XI, 1919."

Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Capparaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 220 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Capparis umbonata Lindl. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Capparis umbonata Lindl. legitimate

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