Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 159 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 3 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 349 [secondary reference]

common name: Star of Bethlehem [n/a] common name: Cupid's Flower [n/a]

Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 97 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (September 1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1087 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Quamoclit pennata (Desr.) Bojer legitimate

Ooststroom, S.J. van (1940), The Convolvulaceae of Malaysia, III: The Genus Ipomoea. Blumea 3(3): 555-558 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Convolvulus pinnatus Desr. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Quamoclit vulgaris Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Quamoclit pinnata (Desr.) Bojer legitimate

Ooststroom, S.J. van (March 1953), Convolvulaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(4): 482-483 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 107 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Quamoclit vulgaris Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Quamoclit pennata (Desr.) Bojer legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 142 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Quamoclit pennata (Desr.) Bojer legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Convolvulaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 349, Fig. 48B [secondary reference]

common name: Star of Bethlehem [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 22 [secondary reference]

Johnson, R.W. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Convolvulaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 379 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. & Marchant, N.G. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Convolvulaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 749, Fig. 230H [secondary reference]

common name: Star of Bethlehem [n/a] common name: Cupid's flower [n/a]

Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Convolvulaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 351 [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: 303 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 2522 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 136 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Quamoclit pinnata (Desr.) Bojer legitimate common name: Star of Bethlehem [n/a] common name: Cupid's Flower [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Convolvulus pinnatus Desr. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Quamoclit vulgaris Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Quamoclit pinnata (Desr.) Bojer legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Wood, J.R.I., Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., Williams, B.R.M. & Scotland, R.W. (16 March 2020), A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World. Phytokeys 143: 559-562, Fig 136C [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Convolvulus pinnatus Desr. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Quamoclit vulgaris Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Quamoclit pinnata (Desr.) Bojer legitimate

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