Jussieu, A.H.L. de (1824), De Euphorbiacearum Generibus medisque earumdem viribus tentamen: 44 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Botanical report on the north-Australian expedition under the command of A.C. Gregory Esq. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 2: 141 [secondary reference]

Pfeiffer, L.K.G. (1874), Nomenclator Botanicus: 224 [secondary reference]

• Type: Ricinus mappa L.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Macaranga Thouars legitimate

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