Mueller, F.J.H. von (30 September 1857), Account of some new Australian plants. Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 2: 71 [primary reference]

• Type: Melodinus acutiflorus F.Muell.

Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (2003), Series of revisions of Apocynaceae LIII. Melodinus. Systematics and Geography of Plants 73(1): 7 [secondary reference]

• Type: "... designated here: M. acutiflorus F.Muell."

Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (2003), Series of revisions of Apocynaceae LIII. Melodinus. Systematics and Geography of Plants 73(1): 8 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melodinus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Melodinus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

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