Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 155 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Zeylona."

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 485 [basionym]

basionym of: Ipomoea turpethum (L.) R.Br. legitimate

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: 598 [secondary reference]

Manso, A.L.P. da Silva (1836), Enumeracao das Substancias Brazileiras: 49 [basionym]

basionym of: Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 417 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ipomoea turpethum (L.) R.Br. legitimate

Ooststroom, S.J. van (March 1953), Convolvulaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(4): 456 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso legitimate

Staples, G.W., Simões, A.R. & Austin, D.F. (1 May 2020), A monograph of Operculina (Concolvulaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 105: 115 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso legitimate

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