Blume, C.(K.)L. von (1826), Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch Indie 16: 1048 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Phyllanthera bifida Blume

Forster, P.I. (22 September 1993), Conspectus of Cryptolepis R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae: Periplocoideae) in Malesia. Austrobaileya 4(1): 69 [basionym]

basionym of: Cryptolepis subg. Phyllanthera (Blume) P.I.Forst. legitimate

Forster, P.I. (22 September 1993), Conspectus of Cryptolepis R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae: Periplocoideae) in Malesia. Austrobaileya 4(1): 69 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cryptolepis R.Br. subg. Cryptolepis legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 53 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: Qld

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 659 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cryptolepis R.Br. legitimate

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