Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 141 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Echinus claoxyloides var. ficifolius Baill. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 479 [secondary reference]

Airy Shaw, H.K. (26 May 1980), New or noteworthy Australian Euphorbiaceae - II. Muelleria 4(3): 232 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Echinus claoxyloides var. ficifolius Baill. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Mallotus ficifolius (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. 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): 652 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Echinus claoxyloides var. ficifolius Baill. legitimate

Forster, P.I. (29 December 1999), A taxonomic revision of Mallotus Lour. (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 5(3): 468 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Mallotus ficifolius (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Mallotus claoxyloides var. ficifolia Benth. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Mallotus ficifolius (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. legitimate

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