Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. in Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. (ed.) (1834), Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis 1: 347 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Coccinia indica Wight & Arnott, nom. illeg.

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 307 [secondary reference]

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 175-176 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT, Qld (naturalised)

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 90 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cephalandra Schrad. legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 140 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 198 [secondary reference]

Holstein, N. (3 August 2015), Monograph of Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae). Phytokeys 54: 55-56 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cephalandra Schrad. legitimate

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