Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 460 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Pleurocarpaea denticulata Benth.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 77 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 257 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (9 December 1991), The genus Pleurocarpaea Benth. (Asteraceae: Vernonieae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 14(1): 93 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Wilson, A.J.G. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Minuria - Xanthium. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 948 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 172-173 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 680 [secondary reference]

Ghafoor, A. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Cichorioideae Trib. 3. Vernonieae. Flora of Australia 37: 180 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from Latin pleuro (ribbed) and carpaea (fruits), referring to the ribbed achenes."

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