Müller Argoviensis, J. (1865), Euphorbiaceae: Vorläufige mittheilungen aus dem für DeCandolle's Prodromus bestimmten Manuscript über diese Familie. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 34: 61 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad Swan-River (Drummond ser. 4. n. 85! et n. 218! in hb. Boiss.)."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1877), List of the plants obtained during Mr. C. Giles's travels in Australia in 1875 and 1876. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 15: 274 [secondary reference]

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: 619 [basionym]

basionym of: Roeperia muricata (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze legitimate

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 335 [secondary reference]

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

Halford, D.A. & Henderson, R.J.F. (30 September 2002), Studies in Euphorbiaceae A.L.Juss. sens. lat. 3. A revision of Bertya Planch. (Ricinocarpeae Mull.Arg., Bertyinae Mull.Arg.). Austrobaileya 6(2): 241 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Bertya quadrisepala F.Muell. legitimate

Halford, D.A. & Henderson, R.J.F. (30 November 2007), A taxonomic revision of Ricinocarpos Desf. (Euphorbiaceae: Ricinocarpeae, Ricinocarpinae). Austrobaileya 7(3): 440-441, Map 28 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: [Western Australia] Swan River-Cape Richie, in 1848, [J.] Drummond n. 85 (lecto [here chosen]: G-Boiss; isolecto: K [2 sheets]; G-DC [microfiche IDC 800-73. 2455: III. 2]).

nomenclatural synonym: Roeperia muricata (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Ricinocarpus muricatus Müll.Arg. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Roeperia muricata (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bertya quadrisepala F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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