Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 463 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Nova Hollandia extra tropicum (ubi v.v.)."

Brown, R. (3 April 1810), On the Asclepiadeae: 34 [secondary reference]

Brown, R. (1811), On the Asclepiadeae. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 1: 45 [secondary reference]

Decaisne, J. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1844), Asclepiadaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 529 [basionym]

basionym of: Cynoctonum floribundum (R.Br.) Decne. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (April 1853), The Vegetation of the districts surrounding Lake Torrens. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 5: 107 [basionym]

basionym of: Schizocorona floribunda (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 93, 143 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 5 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 424 [basionym]

basionym of: Vincetoxicum floribundum (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

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

• Vernacular: Thooromia

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 463, Fig. 191, E-G [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (September 1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1085 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cynoctonum floribundum (R.Br.) Decne. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Vincetoxicum floribundum (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 698, Figs 987, E-G, 989 [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]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 553 [secondary reference]

common name: Native Pear [n/a] common name: Desert Cynanchum [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 69 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 278, Fig. 367 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 141 [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]

Forster, P.I. (27 September 1991), A taxonomic revision of Cynanchum L. (Asclepiadaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(3): 449 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "South Australia. Spencers Gulf [Bay 12, South Coast], 10 March 1802, R.Brown (lecto (here designated): BM, 2 sheets, photo at BRI; isolecto: CANB(CANB278884))."

Harden, G.J. & Williams, J.B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 529 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 710, Fig. 218D [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 225-226, Map 259 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cynoctonum floribundum (R.Br.) Decne. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Vincetoxicum floribundum (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 138 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Cynanchum floribunda R.Br. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Cynoctonum floribundum (R.Br.) Decne. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Schizocorona floribunda (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Vincetoxicum floribundum (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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