Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 223 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Cressa cretica L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 104 [secondary reference]

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 490 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 437 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 95 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 353 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 468 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From the Latin adjective cressa, Cretan: the plant grows in the island of Crete."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 704 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From the Latin adjective cressa, Cretan: the plant grows in the island of Crete."

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 106 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Carpentia Ewart legitimate

Johnson, R.W. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Convolvulaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 286 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Convolvulaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 356 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 85 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Carpentia Ewart legitimate

Johnson, R.W. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Convolvulaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 377-378 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. & Marchant, N.G. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Convolvulaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 740 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Convolvulaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 369 [secondary reference]

Austin, D.F. (2000), A revision of Cressa. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 133(1): 28 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Convolvulaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 125 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 228 [secondary reference]

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