| Author | Title | Journal/publisher | Literature ref. no. |
| Wild, H. (1965) | The African species of the genus Melanthera Rohr | Kirkia 5(1) 1-17 | 835 |
Note that the process of capturing references from species to the literature and the reverse may be incomplete.
| Species found: 3 |
| Lipotriche marlothiana |
| Lipotriche pungens subsp. pungens |
| Lipotriche scandens subsp. madagascariensis |