Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 216 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland. Armadilla, Barton; Dawson river, Leichhardt. N.S.Wales. Junction of the Murray and Darling, F. Mueller; Darling river, Woolls."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1879), The Native Plants of Victoria 1: 161 [basionym]

basionym of: Euxolus macrocarpus (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 29 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Euxolus macrocarpus (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 80 [secondary reference]

alternative name: Euxolus macrocarpus (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 397 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 331 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 167 [secondary reference]

common name: Desert Amaranth [n/a]

Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963), Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory: 39 [secondary reference]

common name: Dwarf Amaranth [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 282-283 [secondary reference]

common name: Desert Amaranth [n/a] common name: Dwarf Amaranth [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 63 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Amaranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 134, 138, Fig. 17E [secondary reference]

common name: Dwarf Amaranth [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 252 [secondary reference]

common name: Dwarf Amaranth [n/a]

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 27 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 252 [secondary reference]

common name: Dwarf Amaranth [n/a]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2007), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

common name: Dwarf Amaranth [n/a]

State Herbarium of South Australia (2007), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

common name: Boggabri Weed [n/a] common name: Dwarf Amaranth [n/a]

Palmer, J. (2 June 2009), A conspectus of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 19(1): 120 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: junction of the Murray & Darling, New South Wales, Dec. 1853, F. Mueller s.n. (lecto: MEL 59717 here designated; isolecto: MEL 59716, K p.p. (left-hand side specimens) n.v., photo at CANB, NSW 16811).

orthographic variant: Amarantus macrocarpus Benth. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Euxolus macrocarpus (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Comment: W.R.Barker et al., Census S. Austral. Vascular Pl. 45, 213 (2005) list the name "Amaranthus macrocarpus subsp. macrocarpus" as a synonym of A. macrocarpus, but this name does not exist as no other infraspecific names have been published at this rank within this taxon.
• APC Dist.: NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Amaranthaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 8 [secondary reference]

Bayon, N.D. (2015), Revisión Taxonómica de las Especies Monoicas de Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae): Amaranthus subg. Amaranthus y Amaranthus subg. Albersia. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 101(2): 336-338 [secondary reference]

Iamonico, D. & Palmer, J. (5 February 2020), Nomenclature survey of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae). 6. Names linked to the Australian flora. Australian Systematic Botany 33(2): 171 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "junction of the Murray and Darling, December 1853, F. Mueller s.n. (lecto: MEL 59717!; isolecto: K 000357413! [specimen on the left-hand side of sheet, image available at http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode = K000357413, accessed 30 October 2018], NSW 16811! [image available at http://plants.jstor.org/stable/history/10.5555/ al.ap.specimen.nsw16811, accessed 30 October 2018],"

taxonomic synonym: Amaranthus macrocarpus var. pallidus Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Amaranthus macrocarpus var. melanocarpus Thell. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Amaranthus macrocarpus var. rhodocarpus Aellen nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Amaranthus macrocarpus subsp. pallidus (Benth.) N.Bayon legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Amaranthus macrocarpus Benth. var. macrocarpus legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Amarantus macrocarpus Benth. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Euxolus macrocarpus (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Amaranthus macrocarpus Benth. subsp. macrocarpus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Amaranthus macrocarpus var. pallida Benth. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Amaranthus macrocarpus var. pallidus Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Amaranthus macrocarpus var. melanocarpus Thell. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Amaranthus macrocarpus var. rhodocarpus Aellen nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Amaranthus macrocarpus var. rhodocarpus Aellen nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Amaranthus macrocarpus subsp. pallidus (Benth.) N.Bayon legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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