Wilson, Paul G. (29 August 1983), A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chenopodieae (Chenopodiaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 4(2): 177-178, Map 3 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "65 mi [104.6 km] W of Henbury HS on road to Kings Canyon, 10 Dec. 1968, P.K. Latz 255 (holo: AD; iso: CBG, NT)."

• Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to the flat upper surface of the fruiting perianth."

Wilson, Paul G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 152, Fig. 24, Map 207 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 138 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 18 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 220 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 25 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 220 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dysphania truncata (Paul G.Wilson) Mosyakin & Clemants legitimate

Mosyakin, S.L. & Clemants, S.E. (2008), Further transfers of glandular-pubescent species from Chenopodium subg. Ambrosia to Dysphania (Chenopodiaceae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2(1): 427 [basionym]

basionym of: Dysphania truncata (Paul G.Wilson) Mosyakin & Clemants legitimate

Shepherd, K.A. & Wilson, Paul G. (21 August 2008), New combinations in the genus Dysphania (Chenopodiaceae). Nuytsia 18: 270 [basionym]

basionym of: Dysphania truncata (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson & K.A.Sheph. legitimate

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