Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(29): 142 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In silvis ad flumen Fitzroy River prope urbem Rockhampton, Thozet; juxta sinum Broad Sound, Bowman."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 20 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 36 [secondary reference]

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

Domin, K. (1927), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 882 [secondary reference]

Airy Shaw, H.K. (26 May 1980), New or noteworthy Australian Euphorbiaceae - II. Muelleria 4(3): 223-224 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Croton affinis Maiden & R.T.Baker nom. illeg.

Airy Shaw, H.K. (November 1980), A partial synopsis of the Euphorbiaceae - Platylobeae of Australia (excluding Phyllanthus, Euphorbia and Calycopeplus). Kew Bulletin 35(3): 616 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Croton affinis Maiden & R.T.Baker nom. illeg.

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 116 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 421 [secondary reference]

Floyd, A.G. (1989), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia: 141 (fig.) -142 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Croton affinis Maiden & R.T.Baker nom. illeg. common name: Large Green-leaved Cascarilla [n/a] common name: Thick-leaved Croton [n/a]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 419 [secondary reference]

common name: Thick-leaved Croton [n/a]

Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]

common name: Thick leaved Croton [n/a] common name: Large Green leaved Cascarilla [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 304 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 65 [secondary reference]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 419 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 3346 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (3 December 2003), A taxonomic revision of Croton L. (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 6(3): 357-360, Fig. 2, Map 3 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Queensland. Port Curtis District: [label 1 in undentified hand] "A handsome shrub 14 or 15 feet high growing in the scrub nr Rockhampton" [label 2 in F.Mueller hand] Rockhampton Bowman" (lecto [here chosen]: MEL231235).

taxonomic synonym: Croton affinis Maiden & R.T.Baker nom. illeg.

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 179 [secondary reference]

common name: Thick-leaved Cascarilla [n/a] common name: Thick-leaved Croton [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Croton acronychoides F.Muell. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Croton affinis Maiden & R.T.Baker nom. illeg.

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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