Gaudichaud-Beaupre, C. (1825), Adriana, nouveau genre de plante la famille des Euphorbiaceae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 5: 223 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Gaudichaud-Beaupre, C. (6 March 1830), Voyage Autour du Monde ... sur les Corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne. Botanique 12: 486, t. 116 [secondary reference]

Baillon, H.E. (1858), Etude Generale du groupe des Euphorbiacees: 406 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Adriana tomentosa Gaudich.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 21 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Trachycaryon Klotzsch legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Trachycaryon Klotzsch legitimate

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 338 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 478 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 352 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "After the celebrated French botanist Adrien de Jussieu, 1797-1853."

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 514 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "After the celebrated French botanist Adrien de Jussieu, 1797-1853."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 215 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 246-248, Fig. 244. [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): 589-593 [secondary reference]

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

Kalotas, A. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ricinus, Adriana. Flora of Central Australia: 189 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 419 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 445 [secondary reference]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 406-407 [secondary reference]

common name: Bitterbushes [n/a]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 265, 432 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Meialisa Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trachycaryon Klotzsch legitimate

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 592 [secondary reference]

Gross, C.L. & Whalen, M.A. (6 December 1996), A revision of Adriana (Euphorbiaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 9(5): 757 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: A. tomentosa Gaudich., fide Baillon, Etud. Gen. Euphorb. 406 (1858).

taxonomic synonym: Meialisa Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trachycaryon Klotzsch legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 79-80 [secondary reference]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 406 [secondary reference]

common name: Bitterbushes [n/a]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 15 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Adriania Baill. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Meialisa Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trachycaryon Klotzsch legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

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