Brown, R. in Mitchell, T.L. (1848), Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia: 389, 433 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

• Comment: There is a brief description given on p. 389.

Airy Shaw, H.K. (1976), New or noteworthy Euphorbiaceae. Kew Bulletin 31(2): 370 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Petalostigma quadriloculare F.Muell. legitimate

Airy Shaw, H.K. (November 1980), A partial synopsis of the Euphorbiaceae - Platylobeae of Australia (excluding Phyllanthus, Euphorbia and Calycopeplus). Kew Bulletin 35(3): 644 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Petalostigma quadriloculare F.Muell. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Xylococcus sericeus Britten & S.Moore orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Petalostigma quadriloculare F.Muell. legitimate

Mabberley, D.J. & Moore, D.T. (2014), (2315-2316) Proposals to reject the names Hylococcus and H. sericeus (Picrodendraceae). Taxon 63(4): 944 [secondary reference]

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