Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1011 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Tataria, China."

Roxburgh, W. (1832), Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh Edn. 2, 3: 713 [basionym]

basionym of: Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. legitimate

Jeffrey, C. (1980), Further notes on Cucurbitaceae V. The Cucurbitaceae of the India Subcontinent. Kew Bulletin 34(4): 792 [secondary reference]

• Neotype: "NEOTYPE; LINN 1152/7!"

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. legitimate

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