Moore, S. le M. (1926), Capt. G. H. Wilkins's Groote Eylandt Plants. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 64: 97 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Groote Eylandt, Feb. 1925. 109."

Hunter, J.T. & Bruhl, J.J. (10 March 1997), Three new species of Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae: Phyllantheae) for the Northern Territory, one new species for Western Australia, and notes on other Phyllanthus species occurring in these regions. Nuytsia 11(2): 153, fig. 1E-F APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Phyllanthus sp. aff. virgatus [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Verwijs, J.I.M., Bouman, R.W. & van Welzen, P.C. (25 October 2019), A taxonomic revision of Phyllanthus subgenus Macraea (Phyllanthaceae). Blumea 64: 239, Map 6 [secondary reference]

• Type: "GH Wilkins 109 (holo K), Australia, Groote Eylandt."

Bouman, R.W., Keßler, P.J.A., Telford, I.R.H., Bruhl, J.J., Strijk, J.S., Saunders, R.M.K., Esser, H.-J., Falcón-Hidalgo, B. & van Welzen, P.C. (18 March 2022), A revised phylogenetic classification of tribe Phyllantheae (Phyllanthaceae). Phytotaxa 540(1): 15 [basionym]

basionym of: Cathetus exilis (S.Moore) R.W.Bouman legitimate

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34: 15 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cathetus exilis (S.Moore) R.W.Bouman legitimate

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