Boissier, P.E. (April 1860), Centuria Euphorbiarum: 5-6 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In India orientali (vel probabilius in ins. ad orientem Indeae) Sparrman!, in rupestribus ins. Pitcairn Abadie! in herb. DC. et ins. Mariannis (Gaudichaud!)."

• Etymology: (not specified.) [but presumably named for the collector of the type material, Anders Sparrman (1748–1820)]

Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 46 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(75): 77 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 18 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 31 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 716 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 66 [secondary reference]

Laing, R.M. (1915), A revised list of the Norfolk Island flora, with some notes on the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 29 [secondary reference]

Oliver, W.R.B. (1917), The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49: 142 [secondary reference]

Hurusawa, I. (1954), Eine nochmalige Durchsicht des herkommlichen Systems der Euphorbiaceen im weiteren Sinne. Journal of the Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo . Section III. Botany: 277 [basionym]

basionym of: Chamaesyce sparrmanii (Boiss.) Hurus. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 210 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Chamaesyce sparrmanii (Boiss.) Hurus. legitimate

Rodd, A.N. & Pickard, J. (1983), Census of vascular flora of Lord Howe Island. Cunninghamia 1: 252 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 413-414, Fig. 65B [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Chamaesyce sparrmanii (Boiss.) Hurus. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 107 [secondary reference]

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 sparrmanii (Boiss.) Hurus. legitimate

Carolin, R.C. & Tindale, M.D. (1994), Flora of the Sydney Region Edn. 4: 294 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 235 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia psammogeton P.S.Green legitimate by Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 46

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia psammogeton P.S.Green legitimate by Oliver, W.R.B. (1917), The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49: 142

[misapplied]

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

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia psammogeton P.S.Green legitimate by Rodd, A.N. & Pickard, J. (1983), Census of vascular flora of Lord Howe Island. Cunninghamia 1: 252

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 234 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia obliqua Endl. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 716

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia obliqua Endl. legitimate by Laing, R.M. (1915), A revised list of the Norfolk Island flora, with some notes on the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 29

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 sparrmanii (Boiss.) Hurus. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Euphorbia sparrmanni Boiss. orth. var. orthographic variant: Euphorbia sparmannii Stanley orth. var.

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

misapplied to: Euphorbia psammogeton P.S.Green legitimate by Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 46

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia psammogeton P.S.Green legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(75): 77

[misapplied]

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

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia psammogeton P.S.Green legitimate by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 413-414, Fig. 65B

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia psammogeton P.S.Green legitimate by Carolin, R.C. & Tindale, M.D. (1994), Flora of the Sydney Region Edn. 4: 294

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia psammogeton P.S.Green legitimate by Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 46

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia psammogeton P.S.Green legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(75): 77

[misapplied]

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

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia psammogeton P.S.Green legitimate by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 413-414, Fig. 65B

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Euphorbia psammogeton P.S.Green legitimate by Carolin, R.C. & Tindale, M.D. (1994), Flora of the Sydney Region Edn. 4: 294

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