Schmidel, C.C. (1763), Icones Plantarum Edn. Keller: 49, t. 12, 13 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Proboscidea louisianica (Miller) Thell.

Blakely, W.F. (1923), Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 34: 579 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 775 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek proboscid, a snout; alluding to the longhorned fruit."

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 332 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 967 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 145 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Martyniaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 459 [secondary reference]

Brooks, A.K. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Martyniaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 602 [secondary reference]

Christensen, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Pedaliaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 544 [secondary reference]

Ihlenfeldt, H.-D. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Martyniaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 7: 288, Fig. 32F-K, 33B,C [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 701 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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