Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1804), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 5: 298 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Cette plante croît dans les Indes. (V. s. in herb. Lam. )"

Decaisne, J. (1834), Description d'un herbier de l'ile de Timor: faisant partie des collections botaniques du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Nouvelles Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 3: 483 [basionym]

basionym of: Melanthesa cernua (Poir.) Decne. legitimate

Müller Argoviensis, J. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1866), Euphorbiaceae (p.p.). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(2): 439 [basionym]

basionym of: Breynia cernua (Poir.) Müll.Arg. legitimate

Airy Shaw, H.K. (November 1980), A partial synopsis of the Euphorbiaceae - Platylobeae of Australia (excluding Phyllanthus, Euphorbia and Calycopeplus). Kew Bulletin 35(3): 600 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Breynia cernua (Poir.) Müll.Arg. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Phyllanthus cernua Poir. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Breynia cernua (Poir.) Müll.Arg. legitimate

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