Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 162 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in America"

Hallier, H.(J.)G. (1893), Versuch einer naturlichen Gliederung der Convolvulaceen auf morphologischer und anatomischer Grundlage. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 16: 552 [basionym]

basionym of: Merremia quinquefolia (L.) Hallier f. legitimate

White, C.T. (1942), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 7. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 53: 224 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Merremia quinquefolia (L.) Hallier f. legitimate

Johnson, R.W. (23 November 2009), A conspectus of Merremia Dennst. ex Endl. (Convolvulaceae) in Australia with the addition of two species. Austrobaileya 8(1): 62 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Merremia quinquefolia (L.) Hallier f. legitimate

Staples, G.W. (2010), A checklist of Merremia (Convolvulaceae) in Australasia and the Pacific. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 61(2): 499 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Merremia quinquefolia (L.) Hallier f. legitimate

Simões, A.R. & Staples, G.W. (2017), Dissolution of Convolvulaceae tribe Merremieae and a new classification of the constituent genera. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 575 [basionym]

basionym of: Distimake quinquefolius (L.) A.R.Simões & Staples legitimate

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