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): 804, fig. 102 (map) [comb. nov.]

• Type: East Australia, W. Hill s.n., 1848 (holo: MEL (151481)).

basionym: Gymnema pleiadenium F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsdenia rostrata var. dunnii Maiden & Betche legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gymnema dunnii (Maiden & Betche) P.I.Forst. legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 254-255, Figs 101f, 115H-R, Map 296 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gymnema pleiadenium F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsdenia rostrata var. dunnii Maiden & Betche legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gymnema dunnii (Maiden & Betche) P.I.Forst. legitimate

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Gymnema sp. 1 [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 2083 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 45 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Marsdenia rostrata var. dunnii Maiden & Betche legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gymnema dunnii (Maiden & Betche) P.I.Forst. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Gymnema pleiadenium F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsdenia rostrata var. dunnii Maiden & Betche legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsdenia sp. A [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Gymnema dunnii (Maiden & Betche) P.I.Forst. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, Qld, NSW

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: 4 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gymnema pleiadenium F.Muell. 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: 7 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gymnema pleiadenium F.Muell. legitimate

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (8 March 2022), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2021. Nuytsia 33: 9 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gymnema pleiadenium F.Muell. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (1 June 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gymnema pleiadenium F.Muell. legitimate

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