Schlechter, F.R.R. (1908), Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Asclepiadacee des Monsun-Gebietes. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 40(3): 17 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "British Neu-Guinea: ohne nähere Standortsangabe (H.O.FORBES n. 534, im Jahre 1885)."

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 301 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (25 October 1995), Circumscription of Marsdenia (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae), with a revision of the genus in Australia and Papuasia. Australian Systematic Botany 8(5): 811 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Papua New Guinea, Central Province: Mt Gawada, Sogeri Region, H.O. Forbes 534, 14 Jan 1886 (B, n.v. destroyed: lecto (here designated): BM; isolecto: A, L)."

Forster, P.I. (25 October 1995), Circumscription of Marsdenia (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae), with a revision of the genus in Australia and Papuasia. Australian Systematic Botany 8(5): 811 [basionym]

basionym of: Marsdenia tricholepis (Schltr.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 253 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Marsdenia tricholepis (Schltr.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 46 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Marsdenia tricholepis (Schltr.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

Forster, P.I. (24 March 2021), Gymnema R.Br. and Leichhardtia R.Br. (Apocynaceae), reinstated genera for taxa previously included in Marsdenia R.Br.: a conspectus for Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Austrobaileya 11: 5 APC [secondary reference]

• Type: "Papua New Guinea. CENTRAL PROVINCE: Mt Gawada, Sogeri Region, 14 January 1886, H.O. Forbes 534 (lecto: BM 001014172, fide Forster 1995b: 811; isolecto: A 00076367, L 0360061, US 00478932 i.d.v.)."

nomenclatural synonym: Marsdenia tricholepis (Schltr.) P.I.Forst. legitimate misapplication: Gymnema geminatum R.Br. legitimate by Moore, S. le M. (1923), Gamopetalae. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 61, supplement: 34

• APC Dist.: Qld

Brown, G.K. (December 2021), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2020 to 2021. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2021: 7 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Marsdenia tricholepis (Schltr.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

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