Tieghem, P.E.L. van (1894), Trithecanthera, Lysiana et Alepis: trois genres nouveaux pour la famille des Loranthacées. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 41: 603 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Loranthus exocarpi Behr legitimate

Barlow, B.A. (1963), Studies in Australian Loranthaceae, III: A revision of the genus Lysiana Tiegh. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 88(2): 144-147 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus exocarpi Behr legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Elytranthe exocarpi (Behr) Engl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Loranthus exocarpi var. coccineus F.Muell. ex Miq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Loranthus angustifolius R.Br. ex Benth. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Dendrophthoe angustifolia Tiegh. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Loranthus diamantinensis J.M.Black legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 100 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus exocarpi Behr legitimate

Barlow, B.A. (1966), A revision of the Loranthaceae of Australia and New Zealand. Australian Journal of Botany 14(3): 438, Fig. 4 (map), 442-443 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus exocarpi Behr legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Elytranthe exocarpi (Behr) Engl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Loranthus angustifolius R.Br. ex Benth. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Dendrophthoe angustifolia Tiegh. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Loranthus diamantinensis J.M.Black legitimate

Barlow, B.A. (1971), Loranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 58: 7-8 [secondary reference]

Barlow, B.A. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Loranthaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 27 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus exocarpi Behr legitimate taxonomic synonym: Loranthus diamantinensis J.M.Black legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 223 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 142 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus exocarpi Behr legitimate

Barlow, B.A. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Loranthaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 81-82 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus exocarpi Behr legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Elytranthe exocarpi (Behr) Engl. legitimate

• APC Comment: Subspecies are not currently recognised in Vic.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Loranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 79 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus exocarpi Behr legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 67 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 45 [secondary reference]

Quirico, A.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Loranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 47-48 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Loranthaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 39, Fig. 5b [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus exocarpi Behr legitimate common name: Harlequin Mistletoe [n/a]

Start, A.N. & Thiele, K.R. (2023), Mistletoes of Western Australia: 120-121 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "The name references the host Exocarpus, from which early collections were made."

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