Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 353 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 64 [secondary reference]

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• Etymology: Greek leptos, slender; meros, a part: alluding to the slender branchlets.

Pilger, R.K.F. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (1935), Santalaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien Edn. 2, 16b: 70 [secondary reference]

• Type: Leptomeria acida R.Br.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 274 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek leptos, slender; meros, a part; alluding to the slender branchlets."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 313 [secondary reference]

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Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Santalaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 436 [secondary reference]

Wiecek, B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Santalaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 59 [secondary reference]

common name: Currant Bushes [n/a]

Lepschi, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Leptomeria. Flora of Victoria 4: 33 [secondary reference]

Lepschi, B.J. (31 May 1999), Taxonomic revision of Leptomeria (Santalaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 12(1): 55-100 APC [secondary reference]

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

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Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 483 [secondary reference]

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