Cansjera rheedei is a scandent shrub distributed from India, across Southeast Asia, China, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines.[1] It was described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his work System Naturae ed. 13[bis]: 280 (1791).[2]
. Johann Friedrich Gmelin. Johann Friedrich Gmelin. Caroli a Linné systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus et differentiis. Tomus II. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. – pp. [1], I–XL, 1–884. Lipsiae. (Beer)]. 280. 27 March 2018.