Beccari, O. in Beccari, O. (ed.) (1884), Malesia 2(1): 124 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Abita. – È frequente sugli alberi lungo la spiaggia del mare a Soron nella Nuova Guinea (P. P. No. 186)."

Huxley, C.R. in Buckley, R.C. (ed.) (1982), Ant-epiphytes in Australia. Ant-plant interactions in Australia: 72 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 172 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (11 December 2001), Hydnophytum ferrugineum (Rubiaceae: Hydnophytinae), a new species of ant-plant from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Austrobaileya 6(1): 103 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hydnophytum moseleyanum Becc. legitimate by Huxley, C.R. in Buckley, R.C. (ed.) (1982), Ant-epiphytes in Australia. Ant-plant interactions in Australia: 72

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 443 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hydnophytum moseleyanum Becc. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hydnophytum moseleyanum Becc. legitimate by Huxley, C.R. in Buckley, R.C. (ed.) (1982), Ant-epiphytes in Australia. Ant-plant interactions in Australia: 72

Jebb, M.H.P. & Huxley, C.R. (2019), The tuberous epiphytes of the Rubiaceae 7: a revision of the genus Hydnophytum. Blumea 64: 47 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Beccari PP 186 (lectotype selected here FI; iso K), New Guinea, West Papua Province, Sorong, 20 May 1872"

Jebb, M.H.P. & Huxley, C.R. (2019), The tuberous epiphytes of the Rubiaceae 7: a revision of the genus Hydnophytum. Blumea 64: 47 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hydnophytum moseleyanum Becc. legitimate

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