Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. (May 1876), Genera Plantarum 2(2): 696 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Carissa oblongifolia Hochst. legitimate

Hosking, J.R., Conn, B.J., Lepschi, B.J. & Barker, C.H. (2011), Plant species first recognised as naturalised or naturalising for New South Wales in 2004 and 2005. Cunninghamia 12(1): 93 [secondary reference]

common name: Bushman's Poison [n/a] common name: Hottentot's-poison [n/a] common name: Poison Arrowplant [n/a] common name: Wintersweet [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carissa oblongifolia Hochst. legitimate isonym: Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Codd isonym

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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