Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 462 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Decaisne, J. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1844), Asclepiadaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 624 [basionym]

basionym of: Bidaria trinervis (R.Br.) Decne. legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 343 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Bidaria trinervis (R.Br.) Decne. legitimate

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 5 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 326 [secondary reference]

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]

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]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 713, Fig. 218I [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (25 October 1995), Circumscription of Marsdenia (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae), with a revision of the genus in Australia and Papuasia. Australian Systematic Botany 8(5): 794 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Northern Territory: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown s.n., Dec. 1802 (lecto (here designated): BM (photo at BRI); isolecto: BRi (AQ333086), K (photo at BRI), MEL (1515480), P-JU (fiche at BRI)).

Forster, P.I. (25 October 1995), Circumscription of Marsdenia (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae), with a revision of the genus in Australia and Papuasia. Australian Systematic Botany 8(5): 794 [basionym]

basionym of: Marsdenia trinervis (R.Br.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 249 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Marsdenia trinervis (R.Br.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

Forster, P.I. (24 March 2021), Gymnema R.Br. and Leichhardtia R.Br. (Apocynaceae), reinstated genera for taxa previously included in Marsdenia R.Br.: a conspectus for Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Austrobaileya 11: 5 APC [secondary reference]

• Type: "Northern Territory. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, December 1802, R. Brown s.n. (lecto: BM 001040549, fide Forster 1995b: 794; isolecto: BRI [AQ333086], K 000873023 i.d.v., K 000873021 i.d.v., MEL 1515480, P 00645847 i.d.v., P 00645848 i.d.v.)."

nomenclatural synonym: Bidaria trinervis (R.Br.) Decne. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Marsdenia trinervis (R.Br.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (8 March 2022), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2021. Nuytsia 33: 9 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Marsdenia trinervis (R.Br.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

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