Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 462 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 331 [basionym]

basionym of: Vincetoxicum carnosum (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

Schlechter, F.R.R. in Perkins, J.R. (1904), Fragmenta Florae Philippinae: 120 [basionym]

basionym of: Cynanchum carnosum (R.Br.) Schltr. legitimate

Merrill, E.D. & Rolfe, R.A. (1908), Notes on Philippine Botany. Philippine Journal of Science. Section C, Botany 3(3): 121 [basionym]

basionym of: Ischnostemma carnosum (R.Br.) Merr. & Rolfe legitimate

Domin, K. (September 1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1085 [basionym]

basionym of: Cynanchum carnosum (R.Br.) Domin isonym

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 317 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ischnostemma carnosum (R.Br.) Merr. & Rolfe legitimate

Forster, P.I. (5 October 1988), Studies on the Australasian Asclepiadaceae, V Cynanchum carnosum (R.Br.) Schltr. and its synonymy. Austrobaileya 2(5): 526 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Island a [Sweer's Island, Gulf of Carpentaria], Nov 1802, Brown s.n. (lecto: BM; two sheets, photo!)."

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 224 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cynanchum carnosum (R.Br.) Schltr. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cynanchum carnosum (R.Br.) Schltr. legitimate

Liede-Schumann, S. & Meve, U. (2018), Vincetoxicum (Apocynaceae—Asclepiadoideae) expanded to include Tylophora and allies. Phytotaxa 369(3): 137 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "AUSTRALIA. Queensland: Sweer’s Island, Nov 1802, R. Brown 2873 (lectotype, BM [BM001040561], first step designated by Forster (1988: 526) [i.e. P.I.Forster, Austrobaileya 2(5): 526 (1988)], second step designated here; isolectotype, BM [BM001040560]; K [K000872734])."

• Text: "The two specimens in BM recognized as the lectotype of Oxystelma carnosum by Forster (1988: 526) [i.e. P.I.Forster, Austrobaileya 2(5): 526 (1988)], in a first step lectotypification are not unambiguously labelled as parts of the same gathering according to ICN, Art. 8.3. Therefore, [BM001040561], bearing both flowers and fruits, is selected as the lectotype here."

Liede-Schumann, S. & Meve, U. (2018), Vincetoxicum (Apocynaceae—Asclepiadoideae) expanded to include Tylophora and allies. Phytotaxa 369(3): 137 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vincetoxicum carnosum (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vincetoxicum carnosum (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

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