Sprengel, C.P.J. in Sprengel, C.P.J. (ed.) (January 1821), Species Plantarum minus cognitae. Neue Entdeckungen im ganzen Umfang der Pflanzenkunde 2: 118 [primary reference]

• Type: Sebastiania brasiliensis Sprengel

Müller Argoviensis, J. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1866), Euphorbiaceae (p.p.). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(2): 1175 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 21 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 37 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 480 [secondary reference]

Airy Shaw, H.K. (November 1980), A partial synopsis of the Euphorbiaceae - Platylobeae of Australia (excluding Phyllanthus, Euphorbia and Calycopeplus). Kew Bulletin 35(3): 686-687 [secondary reference]

Airy Shaw, H.K. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Sebastiania. Flora of Central Australia: 189 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 155, 273 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Microstachys A.Juss. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Elachocroton F.Muell. legitimate

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 628-629 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 237 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 785 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sebastiana B.Hyland orth. var.

• APC Comment: An American taxon, recorded in an Australian context only as the parent of Sebastiania chamaelea (L.) Müll.Arg. Sebastiania chamaelea is treated as a synonym of Microstachys chamaelea (L.) Hook.f. in Australia.

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