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: 202-203 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Marmelon. Novembr. 28. 1799."

taxonomic synonym: Thunbergia fragrans Roxb. legitimate

Cramer, L.H. in Dassanayake, M.D. & Fosberg, F.R. (ed.) (1998), Acanthaceae. A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 12: 9 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Roxb. Ic. (K)."

Cramer, L.H. in Dassanayake, M.D. & Fosberg, F.R. (ed.) (1998), Acanthaceae. A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 12: 9 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Thunbergia fragrans Roxb. legitimate

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] [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb. legitimate

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