Desfontaines, R.L. (1818), Description de quatre nouveaux genres de plantes. Memoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 4: 253 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Micrantheum ericoides Desf.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 18 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Caletia Baill. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 32 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Caletia Baill. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. in Post, T. von & Kuntze, O. (1903), Lexikon Generum Phanerogamarum: 89 [basionym]

basionym of: Caletia sect. Micrantheum (Desf.) Kuntze legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 63, 64 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 473 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 356 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: From Greek mikros, small; anthos, flower.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 513 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek mikros, small; anthos, flower"

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 211 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 634 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 246 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 117 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 426-427 [secondary reference]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 402 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 25, 77 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Caletia Baill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Allenia Ewart legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 70-71 [secondary reference]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 402 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 543 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Micranthea F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Caletia sect. Micrantheum (Desf.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caletia sect. Eucaletia Müll.Arg. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caletia Baill. sect. Caletia legitimate taxonomic synonym: Allenia Ewart legitimate taxonomic synonym: Micrantheum subg. Allenia (Ewart) Pax & K.Hoffm. nom. illeg. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Caletia Baill. legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Micranthemum Hook.f. orth. var. orthographic variant: Micranthea F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Caletia sect. Micrantheum (Desf.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Micrantheum Desf. subg. Micrantheum legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caletia sect. Eucaletia Müll.Arg. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caletia Baill. sect. Caletia legitimate taxonomic synonym: Allenia Ewart legitimate taxonomic synonym: Micrantheum subg. Allenium Grüning legitimate taxonomic synonym: Micrantheum subg. Eucaletia Grüning legitimate taxonomic synonym: Micrantheum subg. Eumicrantheum Grüning nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Micrantheum subg. Allenia (Ewart) Pax & K.Hoffm. nom. illeg. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Caletia Baill. legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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