Jack, W. (1823), Account of the Lansium and some other genera of Malayan plants. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 14(1): 124 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Hydnophytum formicarum Jack

Bennett, G. (February 1868), Curious epiphytes from Cape York, north Australia. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 6: 50-52 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 75 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 253 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 42 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 419 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Jebb, M.H.P. & Huxley, C.R. (2019), The tuberous epiphytes of the Rubiaceae 7: a revision of the genus Hydnophytum. Blumea 64: 29-30 [secondary reference]

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