Baillon, H.E. (1858), Etude Generale du groupe des Euphorbiacees: 493 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "herb. Mus. Nouvelle-Hollande. Coll. Leichhard, 1845."

Baillon, H.E. (1866), Euphorbiacees Australiennes. Adansonia 6: 322 [basionym]

basionym of: Mercurialis australis (Baill.) Baill. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 20 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 36 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 60, 61 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 479 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 199, Pl. XCIV [secondary reference]

common name: Brittlewood [n/a]

Domin, K. (1927), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 884 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mercurialis australis (Baill.) Baill. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 214 [secondary reference]

Airy Shaw, H.K. (November 1980), A partial synopsis of the Euphorbiaceae - Platylobeae of Australia (excluding Phyllanthus, Euphorbia and Calycopeplus). Kew Bulletin 35(3): 606 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mercurialis australis (Baill.) Baill. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 115 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Claoxylon australe var. dentata Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Claoxylon australe var. laxiflora Benth. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 439 [secondary reference]

Floyd, A.G. (1989), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia: 139-140 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Brittlewood [n/a]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 407 [secondary reference]

common name: Brittlewood [n/a]

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 114 [secondary reference]

common name: Brittlewood [n/a]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 407 [secondary reference]

common name: Brittlewood [n/a]

Forster, P.I. (30 November 2007), A taxonomic revision of Claoxylon A.Juss. (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 7(3): 457-460, Fig. 2, Map 1 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mercurialis australis (Baill.) Baill. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Claoxylon australe Baill. var. australe legitimate taxonomic synonym: Claoxylon australe var. dentata Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Claoxylon australe var. laxiflora Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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