Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 699 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Thursday Island, E. Cowley (inflorescence 1893). I only received fruit in 1897."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 222 [secondary reference]

common name: The Queensland Squirting Cucumber [n/a]

Cogniaux, C.A. in Engler, H.G.A. (1916), Das Pflanzenreich 66: 108 [basionym]

basionym of: Melothria ejecta (F.M.Bailey) Cogn. legitimate

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1189 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melothria ejecta (F.M.Bailey) Cogn. legitimate

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Cucurbitaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 188 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Muellerargia timorensis Cogn. legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 142 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Muellerargia timorensis Cogn. legitimate

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