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

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 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

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

orthographic variant of: Melothria althaeoides (Ser.) Nakai 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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