Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 317, fig. 296 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Charters Towers (C.F. Plant)."

Forster, P.I. (19 October 1992), A taxonomic revision of Carissa (Apocynaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(5): 587 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Carissa ovata R.Br. legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Apocynaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 109 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Carissa ovata R.Br. legitimate

Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Dilst, F.J.H. van (2001), Series of revisions of Apocynaceae XLIX. Carissa L. Wageningen University Papers 2001-01: 46 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Carissa spinarum L. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Carissa spinarum L. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Carissa ovata R.Br. legitimate

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