Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 189 [primary reference]

• Type: "Modira-caniram. Rheed. mal. 7. p. 10. t. 5. Rai. hist. 1661."

Bisset N.G. & Philcox, D. (1971), Identification and Clarification of Strychnos colubrina L. (Loganiaceae). Taxon 20(4): 542 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Rheede lc. in Hort. Malab. 7: 9, t. 5 (1688)"

Lakshminarasimhan, P. (2003), [1585] Proposal to reject the name Strychnos colubrina (Loganiaceae). Taxon 52(2): 364 [secondary reference]

Barrie, F.R. (August 2006), Report of the General Committee: 9. Taxon 55(3): 799 [secondary reference]

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