Brown, R. (3 April 1810), On the Asclepiadeae: 58 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Cryptolepis buchananii Roemer & Schultes.

Forster, P.I. (21 August 1990), Notes on Asclepiadaceae, 2. Austrobaileya 3(2): 273 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (22 September 1993), Conspectus of Cryptolepis R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae: Periplocoideae) in Malesia. Austrobaileya 4(1): 67 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 205 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 234 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Phyllanthera Blume legitimate

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