Lagasca y Segura, M. (1816), Genera et Species Plantarum: 17 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in N.H."

Small, J.K. (22 July 1903), Flora of the Southeastern United States: 712, 1333 [basionym]

basionym of: Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 116 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Euphorbia preslii Guss. legitimate

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 429 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small legitimate

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 429 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small legitimate

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

misapplied to: Euphorbia hyssopifolia L. legitimate by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 116

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia hyssopifolia L. legitimate by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 116

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