Meisner, C.D.F. (July 1841), Plantarum Vascularium Genera Tab. Diagn. 1(10): 316 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 31 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 5 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sarcogonum Don legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Coccoloba P.Browne legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 88-89 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 417 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 175 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: After Gustav Muhlenbeck, 1798-1845, an Alsatian botanist.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 284 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "After Gustav Muhlenbeck, 1798-1845, an Alsatian botanist."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 159 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 592 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 154 [secondary reference]

Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 1: 257 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Calacinum Raf. nom. rej.

Henshall, T.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Polygonaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 30 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 176 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Polygonaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 92 [secondary reference]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Polygonaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 111 [secondary reference]

Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 194 [secondary reference]

• Type: Muehlenbeckia australis (G.Forster) Meissner (typ. cons.)

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Polygonaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 284-287 [secondary reference]

Brandbyge, J. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 540 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 99 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Polygonaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 281 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Polygonaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 284 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 801 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 404 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Muhlenbeckia Endl. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Calacinum Raf. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Sarcogonum Don legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), NT, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, Vic, Tas

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Polygonum sect. Homalocladium F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Homalocladium (F.Muell.) L.H.Bailey legitimate

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 561 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Muhlenbeckia Endl. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Calacinum Raf. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Sarcogonum Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polygonum sect. Homalocladium F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Muehlenbeckia sect. Sarcogonum F.Muell. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Homalocladium (F.Muell.) L.H.Bailey legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), NT, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, Vic, Tas

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Duma T.M.Schust. legitimate

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