Schultes, J.A. in Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1820), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 6: 124 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Periploca emetica Retz. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(38): 161 [secondary reference]

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

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 209 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Secamone elliptica R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(38): 161

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