Bruyns, P.V. (1995), New records and new species of Asclepiadaceae from Namibia. Bothalia 25(2): 165 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Asclepias cancellata Burm.f. legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 216, Map 247 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Asclepias cancellata Burm.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Asclepias rotundifolia Mill. legitimate common name: Broad-leaved Cottonbush [n/a]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 327, Fig. 64b [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Asclepias cancellata Burm.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Asclepias rotundifolia Mill. legitimate common name: Broad-leaf Cotton-bush [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Asclepias rotundifolia Mill. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Asclepias cancellata Burm.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Asclepias arborescens L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gomphocarpus arborescens (L.) W.T.Aiton legitimate

• APC Comment: Although the authorship for Gomphocarpus arborescens is sometimes given as (L.) R.Br., Brown indicated but did not make the combination.
• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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