Moore, S. le M. (7 December 1920), A contribution to the Flora of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 45: 215 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Australia, Groote Eylandt; R. Brown, dist. no. 3606."

Airy Shaw, H.K. (November 1980), A partial synopsis of the Euphorbiaceae - Platylobeae of Australia (excluding Phyllanthus, Euphorbia and Calycopeplus). Kew Bulletin 35(3): 680 [basionym]

basionym of: Sauropus lissocarpus (S.Moore) Airy Shaw legitimate

Hunter, J.T. & Bruhl, J.J. (10 March 1997), New Sauropus (Euphorbiaceae: Phyllantheae) taxa for the Northern Territory and Western Australia and notes on other Sauropus occurring in these regions. Nuytsia 11(2): 176 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sauropus stenocladus (Müll.Arg.) J.T.Hunter & J.J.Bruhl subsp. stenocladus legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Sauropus stenocladus (Müll.Arg.) J.T.Hunter & J.J.Bruhl subsp. stenocladus legitimate

Barrett, R.L. & Telford, I.R.H. (3 November 2015), Two new species of Phyllanthus from northern Australia and notes on Phyllanthus, Sauropus and Synostemon (Phyllanthaceae) in Western Australia. Nuytsia 26: 160 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sauropus lissocarpus (S.Moore) Airy Shaw legitimate

Telford, I.R.H., Pruesapan, K., Welzen, P.C. van & Bruhl, J.J. (29 November 2016), Morphological and molecular data show Synostemon trachyspermus (Phyllanthaceae, Phyllantheae) to be a heterogeneous species assemblage. Australian Systematic Botany 29(3): 228 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Northern Territory: Groote Eylandt, R.Brown [Bennett number 3606] (lectotype (here designated): BM 001014832; isolectotypes: BM 001014833, BRI (fragment))."

Telford, I.R.H., Pruesapan, K., Welzen, P.C. van & Bruhl, J.J. (29 November 2016), Morphological and molecular data show Synostemon trachyspermus (Phyllanthaceae, Phyllantheae) to be a heterogeneous species assemblage. Australian Systematic Botany 29(3): 228 [basionym]

basionym of: Synostemon lissocarpus (S.Moore) I.Telford & Pruesapan legitimate

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