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

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 327 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Secamone emetica (Retz.) R.Br. ex Schult. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(38): 161

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 93 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 217 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 325 [secondary reference]

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

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 258 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 142 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 317, Fig. 45E [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 9 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. & Harold, K. (12 October 1989), Secamone R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae: Secamonoideae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(1): 542 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Carpentaria, Groote Islands [Northern Territory], 4 January 1803, R.Brown 8 [Iter Australiense 2871] (lecto (designated here): BM(piece directly in middle of sheet); isolecto: BRI(AQ333111),MEL(MEL1553064))." (as 'Queensland')

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

common name: Corky Milk Vine [n/a]

Klackenberg, J. (1992), Taxonomy of Secamone (Asclepiadaceae) in Asia and Australia. Kew Bulletin 47(4): 600 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 717, Fig. 220F [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 301 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 209, Fig. 103, Map 238 APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Secamone ovata R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cynanchum dichasiale O.Schwarz legitimate misapplication: Secamone emetica (Retz.) R.Br. ex Schult. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(38): 161

• APC Comment: Treated as Secamone elliptica subsp. elliptica in WA.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 354 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 2081 [secondary reference]

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

common name: Corky Milk Vine [n/a]

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