Seringe, N.C. in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1828), Cucurbitaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 306 [nom. nov.]

• Type: Timor. leg. ign. (holotype: G-DC, photograph).

Roemer, J.J. in Roemer, M.J. (1846), Peponiferarum pars prima. Familiarum Naturalium Regni Vegetabilis Synopses Monographicae 2: 47 [basionym]

basionym of: Mukia althaeoides (Ser.) M.Roem. legitimate

Nakai, T. (1938), On the Japanese species of Melothria. Journal of Japanese Botany 38: 127 [basionym]

basionym of: Melothria althaeoides (Ser.) Nakai legitimate

Telford, I.R.H., Sebastian, P., Bruhl, J.J. & Renner, S.S. (2011), Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) in Australia and Eastern Malesia, including newly recognized species and sister species to C. melo. Systematic Botany 36(2): 385 [basionym]

basionym of: Cucumis althaeoides (Ser.) P.Sebastian & I.Telford legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cucumis althaeoides (Ser.) P.Sebastian & I.Telford legitimate

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