Beccari, O. in Beccari, O. (ed.) (1884), Malesia 2(1): 125 [tax. nov.]

Beccari, O. in Beccari, O. (ed.) (1885), Malesia 2(2): 150 [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 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Hydnophytum formicarum Jack legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 3: 773 misapplication: Hydnophytum papuanum 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 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hydnophytum papuanum Becc. legitimate misapplication: Hydnophytum formicarum Jack legitimate common name: Smooth Ant Plant [n/a]

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

misapplication: Hydnophytum formicarum Jack legitimate by Bennett, G. (February 1868), Curious epiphytes from Cape York, north Australia. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 6: 50-52 misapplication: Hydnophytum formicarum Jack legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 3: 773 misapplication: Hydnophytum formicarum Jack legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 253 misapplication: Hydnophytum papuanum Becc. legitimate by Huxley, C.R. in Buckley, R.C. (ed.) (1982), Ant-epiphytes in Australia. Ant-plant interactions in Australia: 72

• APC Dist.: Qld

Jebb, M.H.P. & Huxley, C.R. (2019), The tuberous epiphytes of the Rubiaceae 7: a revision of the genus Hydnophytum. Blumea 64: 47-49, Fig. 17 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hydnophytum papuanum Becc. legitimate

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2019), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2018 to 2019. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2019: 12 [secondary reference]

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