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): 795, figs 63, 92 (map) [comb. nov.]

• Lectotype: Queensland, Port Curtis District: Princhester Creek, Bowman s.n. (undated) (lecto (here designated): MEL; isolecto: BRI (AQ333098).

basionym: Gymnema brevifolium Benth. legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 249-250, Fig. 114A-E, Map 287 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gymnema brevifolium Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 23 [secondary reference]

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: 8 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Leichhardtia brevifolia (Benth.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

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: 6 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Leichhardtia brevifolia (Benth.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

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