Rottler, J.P. (1803), Botanische Bemerkungen auf der Hin- und Ruckreise von Trankenbar nach Madras, von Herrn Missionair Rottler zu Trankenbar, mit Anmerkungen von Hrn Prof Willdenow. Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. Neue Schriften 4: 184 [tax. nov.]

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1824), Hippocrateaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 1: 571 [basionym]

basionym of: Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. legitimate

Jessup, L.W. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Hippocrateaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 183 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Salacia chinensis L. legitimate

Daniel, P. (November 1991), Names validated in Rottler's "Botanical Observations" of 1803. Taxon 40(4): 607. 610 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "B-W"

Turner, I.M. (24 January 2022), From Tranquebar to Madras and back again, again: Typification of the plant names published in Rottler’s account of an Indian journey in 1799–1800. Taxon 71(2): [online only] [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(designated by Daniel in Taxon 40: 607. 1991): [India, Tamil Nadu],Pudur, 26 Sep 1799, J.G. Klein s.n. [?J.P. Rottler leg.] (B-W barcode B -W 00862 -01 0 [image!])."

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