Forster, P.I. (14 February 1992), A taxonomic revision of Sarcostemma R.Br. subgenus Sarcostemma (Asclepiadaceae: Asclepiadeae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(1): 64, figs 7-9, 1a (map) [comb. nov.]

basionym: Sarcostemma australe R.Br. legitimate

Harden, G.J. & Williams, J.B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 429 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sarcostemma australe R.Br. legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 221, Map 253 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Sarcostemma australe R.Br. legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as Sarcostemma australe in NSW.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 63 [secondary reference]

• Vernacular: ngamanangaman (Bardi)

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 348 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sarcostemma australe R.Br. legitimate common name: Pencil Caustic [n/a] common name: Caustic Vine [n/a] common name: Caustic Bush [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cynanchum viminale subsp. australe (R.Br.) Meve & Liede legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (August 2016), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2015 census to 2016 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2016: 18 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cynanchum viminale subsp. australe (R.Br.) Meve & Liede legitimate

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (22 March 2018), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2017. Nuytsia 29: 11 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cynanchum viminale subsp. australe (R.Br.) Meve & Liede legitimate

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