Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1864), Lauraceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(1): 252 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Australiae coloniâ Swan River (Drummond, coll. 1848, n. 226! 228!)."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1877), List of the plants obtained during Mr. C. Giles's travels in Australia in 1875 and 1876. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 15: 270 [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]

Weber, J.Z. (30 June 1981), A taxonomic revision of Cassytha (Lauraceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 3(3): 237-238 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "J. Drummond Coll. no. 226, "Swan River Colony", (Western Australia), anno 1848 (K, lecto. (nominated here), BM, G, MEL 52333, NSW, NY, TCD, isolecto) "

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 78 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA

Weber, J.Z. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Cassytha. Flora of Australia 2: 127-128, Map 137 [secondary reference]

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