Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 464 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Brown, R. (3 April 1810), On the Asclepiadeae: 44-45 [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: 325 [secondary reference]

Phillips, E.P. (1951), The Genera of South African Flowering Plants Edn. 2: 605 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Secamone emetica (Retz.) Schultes

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 881, 882 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 70 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 317 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. & Harold, K. (12 October 1989), Secamone R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae: Secamonoideae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(1): 69-78 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (27 September 1991), Additions to Secamone R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae: Secamonoideae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(3): 541-542 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Williams, J.B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 530-531 [secondary reference]

Klackenberg, J. (1992), Taxonomy of Secamone (Asclepiadaceae) in Asia and Australia. Kew Bulletin 47(4): 595, 598 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 717 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 207-210 APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Toxocarpus Wight & Arn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Secamone sect. Toxocarpus (Wight & Arn.) K.Schum. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 54 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 785 [secondary reference]

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