Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(3): 58 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In tractu Sea Range alibique in praeruptis saxosis secus flumen Victoriae."

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

Schlechter, F.R.R. (1913), Die Asclepiadaceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 50: 161 [basionym]

basionym of: Brachystelma glabriflorum (F.Muell.) Schltr. legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 254 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 142 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 9 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 12 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Brachystelma microstemma Schltr. legitimate

Forster, P.I. (23 December 1988), Studies on the Australasian Asclepiadaceae. 1. Brachystelma Sims in Australia. Nuytsia 6(3): 287 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Brachystelma microstemma Schltr. legitimate

Forster, P.I. (30 May 1990), Correction and further notes to 'Studies on the Australasian Asclepiadaceae. I. Brachystelma Simms in Australia. Nuytsia 7(2): 123 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Seaview Range, s. dat., F. Mueller s.n. (holo: K)."

Forster, P.I. (30 May 1990), Correction and further notes to 'Studies on the Australasian Asclepiadaceae. I. Brachystelma Simms in Australia. Nuytsia 7(2): 123 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachystelma glabriflorum (F.Muell.) Schltr. legitimate

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 708 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachystelma glabriflorum (F.Muell.) Schltr. legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 280 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachystelma glabriflorum (F.Muell.) Schltr. legitimate

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