Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 164-165 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Edkins Range (W.V.F.)."

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Urb. (1908).

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 108 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 620, Fig. 190C, 191C [secondary reference]

Govaerts, R.H.A. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996), New names and combinations in Euphorbiaceae - Phyllanthoideae. Kew Bulletin 51(1): 177 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Phyllanthus hesperonotos Govaerts & Radcl.-Sm. legitimate

Hunter, J.T. & Bruhl, J.J. (10 March 1997), Three new species of Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae: Phyllantheae) for the Northern Territory, one new species for Western Australia, and notes on other Phyllanthus species occurring in these regions. Nuytsia 11(2): 148 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Edkins Range, Western Australia, August 1905, W.V. Fitzgerald 1437 (holo: NSW)."

Hunter, J.T. & Bruhl, J.J. (10 March 1997), Three new species of Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae: Phyllantheae) for the Northern Territory, one new species for Western Australia, and notes on other Phyllanthus species occurring in these regions. Nuytsia 11(2): 148 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phyllanthus aridus Benth. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Phyllanthus aridus Benth. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2019), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phyllanthus aridus Benth. legitimate

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