Apocynaceae Juss.
Cerbera L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 208 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 98 [secondary reference]
  • Type: (not designated).
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Botanical report on the north-Australian expedition under the command of A.C. Gregory Esq. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 2: 141 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 93 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 317 [secondary reference]
Britton, N.L. (1918), Flora of Bermuda: 294 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Cerbera thevetia L.
Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 2: 926 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Lactaria Rumph. ex Raf. nom. illeg.
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Apocynaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 302 [secondary reference]
Forster, P.I. (9 September 1992), A taxonomic revision of Cerbera L. (Apocynaceae) in Australia and Papuasia. Austrobaileya 3(4): 569-579 [secondary reference]
Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Apocynaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 321, 323 [secondary reference]
Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Apocynaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 139-143 [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: ChI, NT, Qld
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 35 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 169 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Cebera Carolin orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: ChI, NT, Qld