Hooker, W.J. in Mitchell, T.L. (1848), Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia: 371 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Collected by Allan Cunningham along the Lachlan river."

taxonomic synonym: Croton acerifolium A.Cunn. ex Hook. nom. inval., pro syn.

Pax, F.A. in Engler, H.G.A. (1910), Euphorbiaceae-Adrianeae. Das Pflanzenreich 44: 18 [basionym]

basionym of: Adriana glabrata var. acerifolia (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Pax legitimate

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

common name: Cotton-bush [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Adriana glabrata Gaudich. legitimate

Domin, K. (1927), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 886 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Adriana glabrata var. acerifolia (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Pax 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: 419 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Adriana glabrata var. subglabra (Baill.) Airy Shaw legitimate

Gross, C.L. & Whalen, M.A. (6 December 1996), A revision of Adriana (Euphorbiaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 9(5): 761 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Adriana tomentosa Gaudich. var. tomentosa legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Adriania acerifolia Hook. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Adriana tomentosa Gaudich. var. tomentosa legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Adriana tomentosa Gaudich. var. tomentosa legitimate

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