Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1032 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India."

Burkill, I.H. (December 1951), Dioscoreaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(3): 315-317 [secondary reference]

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Dioscoreaceae. Flora of Australia 46: 199 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 23 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 24 [secondary reference]

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