Weddell, H.A. (1854), Revue de la famille des Urticées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique ser. 4, 1: 178 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Nov. Holland. (Leichard, pl. exs., n. 26)."

• Etymology: (not specified.) [but presumably named in honour of F.W.L.Leichhardt (1813–?1848), the collector of the type material]

Chew, W.-L. (1965), Laportea and allied genera (Urticaceae). The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 21: 205 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrocnide photinophylla (Kunth) Chew legitimate

Chew, W.-L. (1969), A monograph of Dendrocnide (Urticaceae). The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 25: 62 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Moreton Distr.: The Creek: Leichard 26 (...: P)."

Chew, W.-L. (1969), A monograph of Dendrocnide (Urticaceae). The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 25: 60 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrocnide photinophylla (Kunth) Chew legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Urticaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 63 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrocnide photinophylla (Kunth) Chew legitimate

Chew, W.-L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1989), Urticaceae. Flora of Australia 3: 76 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrocnide photinophylla (Kunth) Chew legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Urera leichardiana Wedd. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrocnide photinophylla (Kunth) Chew legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrocnide photinophylla (Kunth) Chew legitimate

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