Steudel, E.G. von (1841), Nomenclator Botanicus Edn. 2, 2(9): 57 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Taiti."

misapplication: Securinega nitida Willd. legitimate by Lindley, J. (1821), Collectanea Botanica 1: t. 9

Baillon, H.E. (1858), Etude Generale du groupe des Euphorbiacees: 590 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Lithoxylon nitidum Baill. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Airy Shaw, H.K. (1971), Notes on Malesian and other Asiatic Euphorbiaceae: CXX - CXLVIII. Kew Bulletin 25(3): 496 [basionym]

basionym of: Actephila lindleyi (Steud.) Airy Shaw 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): 587 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 437 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Actephila lindleyi (Steud.) Airy Shaw legitimate

Forster, P.I. (21 December 2005), A taxonomic revision of Actephila Blume (Euphorbiaceae/Phyllanthaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 7(1): 76 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Actephila lindleyi (Steud.) Airy Shaw legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Actephila lindleyi (Steud.) Airy Shaw legitimate

Heijkoop, M. & Welzen, P.C. van (2017), A revision of the genus Actephila (Phyllanthaceae) in the Malesian region. Blumea 62: 17 [secondary reference]

• Type: "cult. in Hort. Kew., 1813-1821 (holo K, photo BRI), native of Otaheite [= Tahiti]."

Heijkoop, M. & Welzen, P.C. van (2017), A revision of the genus Actephila (Phyllanthaceae) in the Malesian region. Blumea 62: 17 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Actephila lindleyi (Steud.) Airy Shaw legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Lithoxylon nitidum Baill. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Lithoxylon nitidum Müll.Arg. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Actephila nitida Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

• APC Comment: Listed in synonymy of Actephila lindleyi (Steud.) Airy Shaw by various authors. Actephila lindleyi is now considered to have been misapplied to Actephila mooreana Baill. in Australia.

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