Wilson, Paul G. (24 July 1980), A revision of the Australian species of Salicornieae (Chenopodiaceae). Nuytsia 3(1): 50, Fig. 60 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Western Australia: Mt. Sandiman Stn., north-east of Carnarvon; on saline stony uplands, Aug. 1969, D.G. Wilcox 53 (holo: PERTH)."

• Etymology: "The epithet leptoclada is derived from the two Greek words leptos slender, and clados branch; it refers to the slender branches."

Wilson, Paul G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 292 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 70 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 88 [secondary reference]

Shepherd, K.A. & Wilson, Paul G. (5 September 2007), Incorporation of the Australian genera Halosarcia, Pachycornia, Sclerostegia and Tegicornia into Tecticornia (Salicornioideae, Chenopodiaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 20(4): 327 [basionym]

basionym of: Tecticornia leptoclada (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Tecticornia leptoclada (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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