Willdenow, C.L. (1805), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 4(1): 582 [tax. nov.]

Hunter, J.T. & Bruhl, J.J. (10 March 1997), Three new species of Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae: Phyllantheae) for the Northern Territory, one new species for Western Australia, and notes on other Phyllanthus species occurring in these regions. Nuytsia 11(2): 152 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Ph. Niruri proxim Fankerb, 9 Jan[uary] 1799 (holo: BM)."

taxonomic synonym: Phyllanthus leai S.Moore legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Phyllanthus leai S.Moore legitimate

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

Bouman, R.W., Keßler, P.J.A., Telford, I.R.H., Bruhl, J.J., Strijk, J.S., Saunders, R.M.K., Esser, H.-J., Falcón-Hidalgo, B. & van Welzen, P.C. (18 March 2022), A revised phylogenetic classification of tribe Phyllantheae (Phyllanthaceae). Phytotaxa 540(1): 26 [basionym]

basionym of: Moeroris debilis (Klein ex Willd.) R.W.Bouman legitimate

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