Obermeyer, A.A. (1983), South African Journal of Botany 2: 243 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Asparagus africanus Lam. legitimate

Conran, J.G. & Forster, P.I. (24 July 1986), Protasparagus africanus (Asparagaceae) a serious weed for south-eastern Queensland. Austrobaileya 2(3): 300 [secondary reference]

Clifford, H.T. & Conran, J.G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Protasparagus. Flora of Australia 45: 163, Map 172 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Asparagus africanus Lam. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Liliaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 24 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Asparagus africanus Lam. legitimate

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Asparagaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 46-47 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Asparagus africanus Lam. legitimate

Malcomber, S.T. & Demissew, S. (1993), The status of Protasparagus and Myrsiphyllum in the Asparagaceae. Kew Bulletin 48(1): 63 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Asparagus africanus Lam. legitimate

Jessup, L.W. (2005), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 3 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Asparagus africanus Lam. legitimate

Batchelor, K.L. & Scott, J.K. (2006), Review of the current taxonomic status and authorship for Asparagus weeds in Australia. Plant Protection Quarterly 21(3): 128 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Asparagus africanus Lam. legitimate

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