Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 468 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(25): 45 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Carissa brownii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 317 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (19 October 1992), A taxonomic revision of Carissa (Apocynaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(5): 589, figs 1D-E, 2B (map) [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Australia, Queensland, Cook District: Good's Island (island e), Prince of Wales, 2.xi.1802, R.Brown [Iter Australiense 2851] (lecto [here designated]: BM, 2 sheets [photo at BRI!]; isolecto: CANB[CANB278880!]).

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Apocynaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 110, Fig. 48I-J, Map 144 [secondary reference]

Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Dilst, F.J.H. van (2001), Series of revisions of Apocynaceae XLIX. Carissa L. Wageningen University Papers 2001-01: 36 [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: - APC [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Carissa spinarum L. legitimate by Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Dilst, F.J.H. van (2001), Series of revisions of Apocynaceae XLIX. Carissa L. Wageningen University Papers 2001-01: 35-70, Figs 7-10, Maps 6, 7

• APC Dist.: Qld

---