Moore, S. le M. (7 December 1920), A contribution to the Flora of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 45: 216 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland, Broad Sound; R. Brown, dist. no. 3601"

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 246 [secondary reference]

Hunter, J.T. & Bruhl, J.J. (8 July 1997), Two new species of Phyllanthus and notes on Phyllanthus and Sauropus (Euphorbiaceae: Phyllantheae) in New South Wales. Telopea 7(2): 159 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phyllanthus microcladus Müll.Arg. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Phyllanthus microcladus Müll.Arg. legitimate

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