Fournier, E.P.N. in Martius, C.F.P. von (1 June 1885), Asclepiadaceae. Flora Brasiliensis 6(4): 203 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Paina de seda Brasiliensium ... Prope Carta Gallo: Peckolt n. 366; ad Petropolin, m. Septembri florens: Glaziou n. 6706."

Bailey, F.M. (1900), Contributions to the Flora of New Guinea. Queensland Agricultural Journal 7(4): 348 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 3: 998 [secondary reference]

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

Woodson, R.E. (1954), The North American Species of Asclepias L. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 41(1): 151 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Asclepias fruticosa L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 3: 998

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