Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. in Wight, R. (1834), Contributions to the Botany of India: 59 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Herb. Wight, propr. 1557 Sarcostemma bunoniana W & A. Peninsula Ind. orientalis 1836 [date of receival, in different handwriting to rest] (iso: G-DC, fische at BRI!).

Harden, G.J. & Williams, J.B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 529-530 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (14 February 1992), A taxonomic revision of Sarcostemma R.Br. subgenus Sarcostemma (Asclepiadaceae: Asclepiadeae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(1): 63 [secondary reference]

• Type: " 'Herb. Wight, propr. 1157 Sarcostemma brunoniana W & A. Peninsula Ind. orientalis' 1836 [date of receival, in different handwriting to rest] (iso: G-DC, fiche at BRI!)."

Forster, P.I. (14 February 1992), A taxonomic revision of Sarcostemma R.Br. subgenus Sarcostemma (Asclepiadaceae: Asclepiadeae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(1): 63 [basionym]

basionym of: Sarcostemma viminale subsp. brunonianum (Wight & Arn.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 221 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sarcostemma viminale subsp. brunonianum (Wight & Arn.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

Meve, U. & Liede-Schumann, S. (2012), Taxonomic dissolution of Sarcostemma (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae). Kew Bulletin 67: 754 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: India, ['Peninsula Ind. orientalis'], Cody Cally, village of Autcherroccum, Herb. Wight 1557 (lectotype G-DC! (No. G00301010), designated here; isolectotypes E, G-DC! (No. G00136527)).

Meve, U. & Liede-Schumann, S. (2012), Taxonomic dissolution of Sarcostemma (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae). Kew Bulletin 67: 754 [basionym]

basionym of: Cynanchum viminale subsp. brunonianum (Wight & Arn.) Meve & Liede legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Sarcostemma brunoniana Wight & Arn. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cynanchum viminale subsp. brunonianum (Wight & Arn.) Meve & Liede legitimate

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