Weddell, H.A. (1856), Monographie de la famille des Urticées. Archives du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 9: 312 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (none cited).

Weddell, H.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1869), Urticaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 16(1): 182 [secondary reference]

Liu, T.-S. & Huang, W.-D. in Li, H.L., Liu, T.-S., Huang, T.-C., Koyama, T. & De Vol, C.E. (ed.) (1976), Urticaceae. Flora of Taiwan 2: 181 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Distributed in central China, Ceylon, India and Australia."

Chew, W.-L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1989), Urticaceae. Flora of Australia 3: 82 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Mentioned incidentally by T.S.Liu & W.D.Huang, Fl. Taiwan 2: 181 (1976), that this species and variety occur in Australia but without citation of collections."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Elatostema lineolatum var. major T.S.Liu & W.D.Huang orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Elatostema lineolatum Wight legitimate

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