Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 214 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India, Aegypto.".

Jacquin, N.J. von (1768), Observationum Botanicarum 3: t. 69 [secondary reference]

Aiton, W. (1789), Hortus Kewensis 1: 305 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Asclepias procera Aiton legitimate by Jacquin, N.J. von (1768), Observationum Botanicarum 3: t. 69

Aiton, W.T. (1811), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 2: 78 [basionym]

basionym of: Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton legitimate

Forster, P.I. (2 April 1992), A taxonomic account of the genus Calotropis R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 8(2): 205 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 214 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Calotropis procera (Aiton) R.Br. ex W.T.Aiton legitimate by Jacquin, N.J. von (1768), Observationum Botanicarum 3: t. 69

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