Loureiro, J. de (1790), Flora Cochinchinensis Edn. 1, 1: 352 [tax. nov.]

Safford, W.E. (1912), Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 39: 505 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Desmos cochinchinensis Lour.

Fries, R.E. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (1959), Annonaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien Edn. 2, 17a II: 89-90 [secondary reference]

Kessler, P.J.A. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Annonaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 114 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 21 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Desmis Lour. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

Jessup, L.W. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Annonaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 22 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 264 [secondary reference]

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