Ehrenberg, C.G. in Spach, E. (10 March 1838), Histoire Naturelle des Vegetaux. Phanerogames 6: 211 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "... originaire des côte de la Mer-Rouge."

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 108 [secondary reference]

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 189 [secondary reference]

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Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 446 [secondary reference]

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Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 446 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Schaefer, H. (2007), Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) must include Cucumella, Dicoelospermum, Mukia, Myrmecosicyos, and Oreosyce: a recircumscription based on nuclear and plastid DNA data. Blumea 52: 168 [secondary reference]

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