Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(29): 139 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad montem Elliot plantis Musae Banksii interspera. Fitzalan."

Domin, K. (1927), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 889 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Mallotus discolor Benth. legitimate

Perry, L.M. (1953), Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 34: 223 [basionym]

basionym of: Macaranga involucrata var. mallotoides (F.Muell.) L.M.Perry legitimate

Airy Shaw, H.K. (26 May 1980), New or noteworthy Australian Euphorbiaceae - II. Muelleria 4(3): 232 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Mallotus discolor Benth. legitimate

Airy Shaw, H.K. (November 1980), A partial synopsis of the Euphorbiaceae - Platylobeae of Australia (excluding Phyllanthus, Euphorbia and Calycopeplus). Kew Bulletin 35(3): 647 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Macaranga involucrata var. mallotoides (F.Muell.) L.M.Perry legitimate

Floyd, A.G. (1989), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia: 151 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Mallotus discolor Benth. legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 188 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Macaranga involucrata var. mallotoides (F.Muell.) L.M.Perry legitimate common name: Brown Macaranga [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Macaranga involucrata (Wall.) Baill. ex Müll.Arg. legitimate

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