Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 49 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Dirk Hartog's Island. A. Cunningham"

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 470 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Euphorbia drummondii Boiss. legitimate

Halford, D.A. & Harris, W.K. (21 December 2012), A taxonomic revision of Euphorbia section Anisophyllum Roeper (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 8(4): 560 [secondary reference]

• Type: "[Western Australia.] Dirk Hartog's Island, January 1822, A.Cunningham 223 (holo: K 186499)."

Halford, D.A. & Harris, W.K. (21 December 2012), A taxonomic revision of Euphorbia section Anisophyllum Roeper (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 8(4): 560 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Euphorbia sharkoensis Baill. legitimate

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