Airy Shaw, H.K. (November 1980), A partial synopsis of the Euphorbiaceae - Platylobeae of Australia (excluding Phyllanthus, Euphorbia and Calycopeplus). Kew Bulletin 35(3): 677 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "QUEENSLAND: Burke Distr: Nonda, between Hughenden and Cloncurry ... 6 Feb. 1931, Hubbard & Winders 7295 (holotype K)"

Hunter, J.T. & Bruhl, J.J. (10 March 1997), New Sauropus (Euphorbiaceae: Phyllantheae) taxa for the Northern Territory and Western Australia and notes on other Sauropus occurring in these regions. Nuytsia 11(2): 180 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sauropus trachyspermus (F.Muell.) Airy Shaw legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Sauropus trachyspermus (F.Muell.) Airy Shaw legitimate

Barrett, R.L. & Telford, I.R.H. (3 November 2015), Two new species of Phyllanthus from northern Australia and notes on Phyllanthus, Sauropus and Synostemon (Phyllanthaceae) in Western Australia. Nuytsia 26: 159 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Sauropus trachyspermus (F.Muell.) Airy Shaw legitimate by Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 628, Fig. 192E

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 15 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Sauropus trachyspermus (F.Muell.) Airy Shaw legitimate by Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 628, Fig. 192E

Telford, I.R.H., Pruesapan, K., Welzen, P.C. van & Bruhl, J.J. (29 November 2016), Morphological and molecular data show Synostemon trachyspermus (Phyllanthaceae, Phyllantheae) to be a heterogeneous species assemblage. Australian Systematic Botany 29(3): 227 [basionym]

basionym of: Synostemon hubbardii (Airy Shaw) I.Telford & Pruesapan legitimate

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (22 March 2018), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2017. Nuytsia 29: 11 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Synostemon hubbardii (Airy Shaw) I.Telford & Pruesapan legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Synostemon hubbardii (Airy Shaw) I.Telford & Pruesapan legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (August 2018), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2017 to 2018. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2018: 11 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Synostemon hubbardii (Airy Shaw) I.Telford & Pruesapan legitimate

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