Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1004 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in America meridionali."

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 617 [basionym]

basionym of: Ricinocarpos australis (L.) Kuntze 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): 584 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: LINN1139.5.

nomenclatural synonym: Acalypha indica var. australis F.M.Bailey legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 434-435, Fig. 68A [secondary reference]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 408 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (1 September 1994), A taxonomic revision of Acalypha L (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 4(2): 211, map 1 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 59 [secondary reference]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 408 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Ricinocarpos australis (L.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

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