Airy Shaw, H.K. (November 1980), A partial synopsis of the Euphorbiaceae - Platylobeae of Australia (excluding Phyllanthus, Euphorbia and Calycopeplus). Kew Bulletin 35(3): 680 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Phyllanthus lissocarpus S.Moore legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 32 [secondary reference]

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): 176 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sauropus stenocladus (Müll.Arg.) J.T.Hunter & J.J.Bruhl subsp. stenocladus legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Sauropus stenocladus (Müll.Arg.) J.T.Hunter & J.J.Bruhl subsp. stenocladus 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: 160 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Phyllanthus lissocarpus S.Moore legitimate taxonomic synonym: Phyllanthus arnhemicus S.Moore legitimate 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): 228 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Synostemon lissocarpus (S.Moore) 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: 12 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Synostemon lissocarpus (S.Moore) I.Telford & Pruesapan legitimate

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