Sapindaceae Juss.
Cardiospermum halicacabum L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 366 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in Indiis."
common name: Ballon Vine [n/a] common name: Heart Pea [n/a]
Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xliii [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 453 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881), A catalogue of plants collected during Mr. Alexander Forrest's geographical exploration of North-west Australia in 1879. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 14: 84 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 24 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 112 [secondary reference]
common name: Balloon vine [n/a] common name: Heart Pea [n/a]
Domin, K. (1927), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 898 [secondary reference]
Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 256 [secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 325 [secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 246 BHL [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 196 [secondary reference]
Reynolds, S.T. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Sapindaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 496 [secondary reference]
common name: Balloon Vine [n/a]
Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 72 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Heartseed Vine [n/a] common name: Slender Balloon Vine [n/a]
Reynolds, S.T. (14 July 1984), Notes on Sapindaceae, III. Austrobaileya 2(1): 31 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 110 [secondary reference]
Reynolds, S.T. in George, A.S. (ed.) (25 December 1985), Sapindaceae. Flora of Australia 25: 10 APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: Varietal rank not assigned to Christmas Island populations by D.J.Du Puy, Fl. Australia 50: 287 (1993). There is doubt as to the native/naturalised status of this taxon. In the NT it is regarded as probably pre-European (Ian Cowie, pers. comm.).
  • APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT, Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised)
Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 73 [secondary reference]
Koch, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Sapindaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 648, Fig. 201E [secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 311 [secondary reference]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 528 [secondary reference]
common name: Balloon Vine [n/a]