Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(4): 76 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In virgultis sic dictis Brigalow Scrub Australiae orientalis calidioris."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 19 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 33 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 618 [basionym]

basionym of: Roeperia ledifolia (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 473 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1927), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 868 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Roeperia ledifolia (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 425, Fig. 66C, 433 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 108 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 274 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 304 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 66 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 3433 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 196-197 [secondary reference]

Halford, D.A. & Henderson, R.J.F. (30 November 2007), A taxonomic revision of Ricinocarpos Desf. (Euphorbiaceae: Ricinocarpeae, Ricinocarpinae). Austrobaileya 7(3): 412-413, Map 10 APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: [Queensland.] Burdekin, s.d., R.Mueller s.n. (lecto [here chosen]: MEL 26456; isolecto: K [ex herb. Hook.]).

orthographic variant: Ricinocarpus ledifolius F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Roeperia ledifolia (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

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

misapplied to: Ricinocarpos trichophyllus Halford & R.J.F.Hend. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 108

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