Warburg, O. (1891), Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Papuanischen Flora. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 13(3-4): 410 [tax. nov.]

Schlechter, F.R.R. (1913), Die Asclepiadaceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 50: 144 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Marsdenia papuana Schltr. legitimate

Forster, P.I. (21 August 1990), Notes on Asclepiadaceae, 2. Austrobaileya 3(2): 285 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Marsdenia velutina R.Br. legitimate

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): 765 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province: Finschhafen, Lauterbach 437, 1889-1891 (lecto (here designated): SING).

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): 765 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Marsdenia velutina R.Br. 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: 16 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leichhardtia velutina (R.Br.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

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