Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(1): 7 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Australia felice et colonia South Australia, a montibus Flinders Range et sinu St. Vincents Gulf usque ad Murray flumen et tractum Bacchus Marsh."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 146 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eutaxia empetrifolia Schltdl. legitimate

Court, A.B. (1957), Changes in the nomenclature of some Victorian dicotyledons. The Victorian Naturalist 73(10): 173 [basionym]

basionym of: Eutaxia microphylla var. diffusa (F.Muell.) Court legitimate

Thompson, J. (1961), Papilionaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 101(1): 80 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eutaxia microphylla (R.Br.) C.H.Wright & Dewar legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 184 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eutaxia microphylla var. diffusa (F.Muell.) Court legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 263 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eutaxia microphylla (R.Br.) J.M.Black isonym

Porteners, M.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Eutaxia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 499 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Eutaxia microphylla var. diffusa (F.Muell.) Court legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 795-796, Fig. 160d-f [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Eutaxia microphylla var. diffusa (F.Muell.) Court legitimate common name: Spreading Eutaxia [n/a]

Porteners, M.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Eutaxia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 542 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Eutaxia microphylla var. diffusa (F.Muell.) Court legitimate

Wilkins, C.F., Chappill, J.A. & Henderson, G.R. (29 September 2010), An account of Eutaxia (Leguminosae: Mirbelieae) with a focus on the Western Australian species. Nuytsia 20: 150-152, Fig. 27 (map) [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: ‘In Australia felice et colonia South Australia, a montibus Flinders Range et sinu St. Vincent’s Gulf usque ad Murray flumen et tractum Bacchus Marsh.’ Lecto, fide Court (1957): ‘In itinere per plagas interioris S. Aust. monte Mt Remarkable [illegible word] lectus’, s. dat., F. Mueller s.n. (MEL 624495); isolecto: ‘interior towards Mt Remarkable Oct. 1850’ (K (image!), on mixed sheet, left hand side, designated a, with paralecto b on same sheet).

nomenclatural synonym: Sclerothamnus diffusus F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud. nomenclatural synonym: Eutaxia virgata var. diffusa Regel legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Eutaxia microphylla var. diffusa (F.Muell.) Court legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Sclerothamnus diffusus F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud. nomenclatural synonym: Eutaxia virgata var. diffusa Regel legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Eutaxia microphylla var. diffusa (F.Muell.) Court legitimate misapplication: Eutaxia microphylla (R.Br.) C.H.Wright & Dewar legitimate by Holland, A.E. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Fabaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 78 misapplication: Eutaxia microphylla (R.Br.) C.H.Wright & Dewar var. microphylla legitimate by Holland, A.E. & Pedley, L. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (2007), Fabaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2007: 76 misapplication: Eutaxia microphylla (R.Br.) C.H.Wright & Dewar legitimate by Holland, A.E. & Pedley, L. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (2007), Fabaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2007: 76 misapplication: Eutaxia microphylla (R.Br.) C.H.Wright & Dewar var. microphylla legitimate by Holland, A.E. & Pedley, L. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Fabaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 73 misapplication: Eutaxia microphylla (R.Br.) C.H.Wright & Dewar legitimate by Holland, A.E. & Pedley, L. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Fabaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 73

• APC Comment: Treated as Eutaxia microphylla var. diffusa in Vic.
• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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