Domin, K. (1927), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 878 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Nordwest-Queensland: dürre Hügel bei Cloncurry (DOMIN II. 1910)"

Airy Shaw, H.K. (26 May 1980), New or noteworthy Australian Euphorbiaceae - II. Muelleria 4(3): 213 [basionym]

basionym of: Securinega melanthesoides var. aridicola (Domin) Airy Shaw 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): 688 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Securinega melanthesoides var. aridicola (Domin) Airy Shaw legitimate

Chapman, A.D. (1991), Australian Plant Name Index: 1364 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Flueggea virosa subsp. melanthesoides (F.Muell.) G.L.Webster legitimate

Barker, C. & Welzen, P.C. van (2010), Flueggea (Euphorbiaceae s.l. or Phyllanthaceae) in Malesia. Systematic Botany 35(3): 547 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Australia, Queensland, Cloncurry, s.d., Domin 5954 (lectotype selected here from Webster's (1984) selection: PR, n.v., photograph K).

Barker, C. & Welzen, P.C. van (2010), Flueggea (Euphorbiaceae s.l. or Phyllanthaceae) in Malesia. Systematic Botany 35(3): 546 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Flueggea virosa subsp. melanthesoides (F.Muell.) G.L.Webster legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Flueggea virosa subsp. melanthesoides (F.Muell.) G.L.Webster legitimate

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