Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1849), Niger Flora: 503 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Tragia mercurialis L. legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 245 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 31 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 226-228, Fig. 74 [secondary reference]

Sagun, V.G. & Welzen, P.C. van (2002), Revision of the Malesian species of Micrococca (Euphorbiaceae). Blumea 47(1): 153-154, Fig. 1 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Tragia mercurialis L. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT (naturalised)

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (10 December 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2019. Nuytsia 30: 341 [secondary reference]

• Text: "New naturalised record for WA. G.J. Keighery in litt. (10/02/2019)."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Tragia mercurialis L. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised)

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