Gauba, E. (1948), Contributions to the Flora of South Australia - III. The Victorian Naturalist 65: 184, fig. 4b. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "R. Helms – Mt. Squires, Barrow Range, W.A., 23.9.1891 (TYPE, in Melb. Nat. Herb.)."

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 209 [secondary reference]

Hunter, J.T. & Bruhl, J.J. (29 August 1996), Three new species of Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae: Phyllantheae) in South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 17: 130 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phyllanthus erwinii J.T.Hunter & J.J.Bruhl legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Phyllanthus erwinii J.T.Hunter & J.J.Bruhl legitimate

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