Black, J.M. (1935), Additions to the flora of South Australia. No. 33. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 59: 258, t. V, fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Central Australia – Sandhills W. of Chambers Pillar, near Finke River, Dec., 1934, H.H. Finlayson."

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 244 [secondary reference]

Hassall, D.C. (1977), The genus Euphorbia in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 25(4): 441 [basionym]

basionym of: Euphorbia tannensis var. finlaysonii (J.M.Black) D.C.Hassall legitimate

Kalotas, A. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Euphorbia. Flora of Central Australia: 188 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Euphorbia tannensis var. finlaysonii (J.M.Black) D.C.Hassall legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Euphorbia tannensis subsp. eremophila (A.Cunn.) D.C.Hassall legitimate

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