Brongniart, A.T. in Duperrey, L.I. (ed.) (1834), Phanerogamie. Voyage Autour du Monde. Botanique 2: t.70 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Not cited.

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 483 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Haloragis leptotheca F.Muell. legitimate

Schindler, A.K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1905), Das Pflanzenreich 23: 35 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Haloragis leptotheca F.Muell. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 174 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 273 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963), Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory: 82 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 252 [secondary reference]

Orchard, A.E. (1975), Taxonomic Revisions in the Family Haloragaceae I. The Genera Haloragis, Haloragodendron, Glischrocaryon, Meziella and Gonocarpus. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 10: 224 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Holotypus: D'Urville s.n., Offak (Waigiou), P (fr.)! photo!"

Orchard, A.E. (1975), Taxonomic Revisions in the Family Haloragaceae I. The Genera Haloragis, Haloragodendron, Glischrocaryon, Meziella and Gonocarpus. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 10: 226 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Gonocarpus leptothecus (F.Muell.) Orchard legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 483

Orchard, A.E. (1975), Taxonomic Revisions in the Family Haloragaceae I. The Genera Haloragis, Haloragodendron, Glischrocaryon, Meziella and Gonocarpus. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 10: 224 [basionym]

basionym of: Gonocarpus acanthocarpus (Brongn.) Orchard legitimate

Orchard, A.E. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Haloragaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 48, fig. 25D-E, map 69 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Gonocarpus leptothecus (F.Muell.) Orchard legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 483

Orchard, A.E. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Haloragaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 46 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gonocarpus acanthocarpus (Brongn.) Orchard legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Gonocarpus leptothecus (F.Muell.) Orchard legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 483

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gonocarpus acanthocarpus (Brongn.) Orchard legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Gonocarpus leptothecus (F.Muell.) Orchard legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 483

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