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): 782-783, fig. 89 (map) [tax. nov.]

• Type: Queensland, Cook District: Cairns, foot of Nisbet Range (16 57'S, 145 50'E), C. Lyons 149, 8 Nov. 1993 (holo: BRI (1 sheet + spirit)).

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 265, Map 314 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

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: 14 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Australia. Cook District: Cairns, foot of Nisbet Range, 8 November 1993, C. Lyons 149 (holo: BRI [AQ520833])."

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: 14 [basionym]

basionym of: Leichhardtia rara (P.I.Forst.) 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: 7 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

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