Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 314 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland. Burdekin river, F. Mueller; Rockingham Bay, Dallachy."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 76 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 221 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1186 [secondary reference]

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 198, Map 220 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: Possibly conspecific with T. trifolia (L.) Merr. (fide Telford (1982)
• APC Dist.: Qld

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 113 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Fruits of the Rainforest: 290-291, Fig. 609 [secondary reference]

common name: Red Gourd [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 303 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 2062 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 144-145 [secondary reference]

common name: Red Gourd [n/a]

Cooper, W.E. & de Boer, H.J. (1 December 2011), A taxonomic revision of Trichosanthes L. (Cucurbitaceae) in Australia, including one new species from the Northern Territory. Austrobaileya 8(3): 379-381, Figs 1, 6, Map 3 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Australia: Queensland. North Kennedy District: "Mt Grame" [Mt Graham, west of Rockingham Bay], June 1864, [probably J.Dallachy s.n. for F.Mueller] (lecto [here designated]: MEL100120, photo.)

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