Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 121 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Rivina humilis L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 57 [secondary reference]

Holtze, M. (1892), Introduced plants in the Northern Territory. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 15: 3 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 411 [secondary reference]

Backer, C.A. (December 1951), Phytolaccaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(3): 229 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 160 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 173 [secondary reference]

Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Phytolaccaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 4-5 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Phytolaccaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 94 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Phytolaccaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 176 [secondary reference]

Rohwer, J.G. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Phytolaccaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 512-513 [secondary reference]

Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Phytolaccaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 98 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 73 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Phytolaccaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 176 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 396 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Rivinia Mill. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: CoI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 743 [secondary reference]

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