Moore, S. le M. (1917), A contribution to the phyto-geography of Bellenden-Ker. II. Systematic Account. Phanerogams. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 55: 306 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Kuranda, in forest, 1000 ft.; n. 6349." [L.S.Gibbs].

Forster, P.I. (21 August 1992), A taxonomic revision of Melodinus (Apocynaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(4): 393 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melodinus acutiflorus F.Muell. legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Apocynaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 112 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melodinus acutiflorus F.Muell. legitimate

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

• Type: "Australis, Queensland, Kuranda, Bellenden-Ker in K.G. Gibbs 6349 (holo- BM)."

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 acutiflorus F.Muell. legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 46 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melodinus acutiflorus F.Muell. legitimate

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