Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 463 [tax. nov.]

Brown, R. (3 April 1810), On the Asclepiadeae: 39-40 [secondary reference]

• Type: (not designated).

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 328 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 94 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 326 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 463 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek sarx, sarkos, flesh; stemma, a crown: alluding to the fleshy corona."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 697 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek sarx, sarkos, flesh; stemma, a crown: alluding to the fleshy corona."

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

Wilson, K.L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 277 [secondary reference]

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

Harden, G.J. & Williams, J.B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 529 [secondary reference]

common name: Caustic Vines [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 715 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (14 February 1992), A taxonomic revision of Sarcostemma R.Br. subgenus Sarcostemma (Asclepiadaceae: Asclepiadeae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(1): 58 [secondary reference]

• Type: Sarcostemma viminale (L.) R.Br. = Cynanchum viminale L.

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 218-221 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Oxystelma R.Br. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 53 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 769 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cynanchum L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cynanchum L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cynanchum L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cynanchum L. legitimate

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