Moore, S. le M. (7 December 1920), A contribution to the Flora of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 45: 214 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland, Cooktown; Podenzana."

Airy Shaw, H.K. (November 1980), A partial synopsis of the Euphorbiaceae - Platylobeae of Australia (excluding Phyllanthus, Euphorbia and Calycopeplus). Kew Bulletin 35(3): 682 [basionym]

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

Telford, I.R.H., Pruesapan, K., Welzen, P.C. van & Bruhl, J.J. (29 June 2014), Molecular data consistently recover a 'Queensland clade' of Synostemon (Phyllanthaceae, Phyllantheae) with distinctive floral morphology. Australian Systematic Botany 27(5,6): 456 [basionym]

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

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