Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 35 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Cassytha filiformis L.

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 404 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Sixth Systematic Index of the Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 18 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 4 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 7 [secondary reference]

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 201 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 33 [secondary reference]

doubtful misapplication: Devil's Twine [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 431 [secondary reference]

common name: Laurel Dodders [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 238-239 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Formed by Linnaeus from kasytas or kadytas, the Greek name of a parasite supposed to be Dodder (Cuscuta) to which thee plants bear a strong resemblance.

Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 124, Pl. LIII [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 364-365 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Formed by Linnaeus from kasytas or kadytas, the Greek name of a parasite supposed to be Dodder (Cuscuta) to which these plants beaer a strong resemblance."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 133 [secondary reference]

common name: Devil's Twine [n/a]

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 596-597 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 176 [secondary reference]

common name: Devil's Twine [n/a]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 74, 76, 77 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 138 [secondary reference]

Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Lauraceae. Flora of Central Australia: 86, Fig. 105 [secondary reference]

Weber, J.Z. (30 June 1981), A taxonomic revision of Cassytha (Lauraceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 3(3): 187-262 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Lauraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 155, 163 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Lauraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 60-61 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Lauraceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 145-146 [secondary reference]

common name: Devil's Twine [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Lauraceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 60 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Lauraceae. Flora of Australia 50: 68-69 [secondary reference]

common name: Devil's Twine [n/a] common name: Dodder Laurel [n/a]

Rohwer, J.G. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Lauraceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 386 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Lauraceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 27 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Lauraceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 145-146 [secondary reference]

common name: Devil's Twine [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 649 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 244 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Cassyta L. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA, CoI, AR, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

Weber, J.Z. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Cassytha. Flora of Australia 2: 117-119 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 158 [secondary reference]

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