Forster, J.G.A. (1786), Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus: 36 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Societatis insulae."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), A Record of the Plants collected by Mr Pemberton Walcott and Mr Maitland Brown, in the year 1861, during Mr F. Gregory's Exploring Expedition into North-West Australia. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal n. ser 17(2): 219 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 18 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 31 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 5: 1396 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 470 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1927), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 860 [secondary reference]

Croizat, L.C.M. in Degener, O. (1936), Family 190. Flora Hawaiiensis: 190 [basionym]

basionym of: Chamaesyce atoto (G.Forst.) Croizat legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 244 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 412, 414, Fig. 65A [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 107 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 30 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 126 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 601, Fig. 183A, 184A, 185A, 186A [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Chamaesyce atoto (G.Forst.) Croizat legitimate

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 276-277 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Chamaesyce atoto (G.Forst.) Croizat legitimate misapplication: Euphorbia hypericifolia L. legitimate by Rendle, A.B. in Andrews, C.W. (1900), Apetalae. A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): 187

• APC Comment: Treated as Chamaesyce atoto in Qld.
• APC Dist.: WA, ChI, CoI, NT, Qld

Williams, D.G. (1994), Vegetation and flora of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 404: 22 [secondary reference]

Thomson, B.G. in Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Euphorbia. Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 216, Fig. 72 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 245 [secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. (2003), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Chamaesyce atoto (G.Forst.) Croizat legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Euphorbia psammogeton P.S.Green legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 5: 1396

Yang, Y., Riina, R, Morawetz, J.J., Haevermans, T., Aubriot, X. & Berry, P.E. (2012), Molecular phylogenetics and classification of Euphorbia subgenus Chamaesyce (Euphorbiaceae). Taxon 61(4): 782 [secondary reference]

Parker, C.M. & Biggs, L.J. (1 May 2014), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2013. Nuytsia 24: 55 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Euphorbia psammogeton P.S.Green legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 5: 1396

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Euphorbia psammogeton P.S.Green legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 470

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Euphorbia pallens Dillwyn legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 5: 1396

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Euphorbia pallens Dillwyn legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 470

[doubtful misapplied]

doubtful misapplied to: Euphorbia pallens Dillwyn legitimate by Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 276-277

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Euphorbia obliqua Endl. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 5: 1396

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Euphorbia obliqua Endl. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 470

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Euphorbia litticola Halford & W.K.Harris legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 5: 1396

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Euphorbia litticola Halford & W.K.Harris legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 470

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia litticola Halford & W.K.Harris legitimate by Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 601, Fig. 183A, 184A, 185A, 186A

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia litticola Halford & W.K.Harris legitimate by Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 276-277

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia litticola Halford & W.K.Harris legitimate by Thomson, B.G. in Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Euphorbia. Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 216, Fig. 72

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia litticola Halford & W.K.Harris legitimate by Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 245

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