Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 162 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "May, and Lennard Rivers (W.V.F.)."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 107 [doubtful taxonomic synonym]

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Euphorbia hirta L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Euphorbia hirta L. legitimate

Halford, D.A. & Harris, W.K. (21 December 2012), A taxonomic revision of Euphorbia section Anisophyllum Roeper (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 8(4): 499 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Western Australia. May River, nr. Emmanuel's Yards, May 1905, W.V.Fitzgerald 436 (lecto [here designated]: PERTH n.v. (photo at BRI); isolecto: (NSW 612208)."

Halford, D.A. & Harris, W.K. (21 December 2012), A taxonomic revision of Euphorbia section Anisophyllum Roeper (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 8(4): 499 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Euphorbia hirta L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Euphorbia hirta L. legitimate

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