Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 589 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Exocarpos aphyllus R.Br. legitimate

Stauffer, H.U. (1959), Santalales-Studien IV. Revisio Anthobolearum. Mitteilungen aus dem Botanischen Museum der Universitat Zurich 213: 169 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Exocarpos. Flora of Australia 22: 39 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Exocarpos aphyllus R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Exocarpos aphyllus R.Br. legitimate

Lepschi, B.J. (7 July 2022), Exocarpos capnodioides (Santalaceae), a new species from southern Australia allied to E. aphyllus. Nuytsia 33: 108 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Exocarpos aphyllus R.Br. legitimate

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