Aiton, W.T. (1811), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 2: 79 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Asclepias arborescens L. legitimate

• Comment: R.Brown, Mem. Wern. Soc. 1: 38 (1811), states under Gomphocarpus that "Asclepias arborescens, fruticosa and setosa, are the three certain species of this genus..." but does not make the combinations at specific rank.

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 464 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Asclepias rotundifolia Mill. legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 699 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Asclepias rotundifolia Mill. legitimate

Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 115 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gomphocarpus cancellatus (Burm.f.) Bruyns legitimate

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