protologue: Thes. Cap. 2: 43 (1862)
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2 504203 Heliophila scandens HarveyI.B. Pole-Evans, E.P. Phillips, R.A. Dyer, L.E. Codd, Fl. Pl. S. Afr., vol. 2 : t. 48 (1922) [K.A. Lansdell]
2 504203 Heliophila scandens HarveyW.H. Harvey, Thes. Cap., vol. 2 : t. 166 (1863) [W.H. Harvey]
2 504203 Heliophila scandens HarveyI.B. Pole Evans, Fl. Pl. Afr., vol. 2 : t. 48 (1922) [K.A. Lansdell]