Roxburgh, W. (1820), Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh 1: 170 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "A native of the coast of Coromandel. Flowering time in the Botanic Garden, March and April; the seeds take only 1 year to ripen."

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 404 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hippocratea macrantha Korth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hippocratea barbata F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 26 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 71 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1927), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 895 [secondary reference]

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