Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 454 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India."

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlvi [secondary reference]

Rendle, A.B. in Andrews, C.W. (1900), Apetalae. A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): 187 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J. (February 1907), Contributions to the Flora of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 19(2): 41 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 276 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia atoto G.Forst. legitimate by Rendle, A.B. in Andrews, C.W. (1900), Apetalae. A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): 187

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