protologue: Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 185 (1896)
2 567287 Jatropha rivae PaxH.G.A. Engler, Pflanzenr., vol. 147(I): [Heft 42], (Euphorbiaceae - Jatropheae): p. 57, fig. 21 (1910)
567287Jatropha rivae Pax
H.G.A. Engler, O. Drude, Veg. Erde, vol. 9(2): : p. 173, fig. 141 (1908)
567287Jatropha rivae Pax
H.G.A. Engler, O. Drude, Veg. Erde, vol. 9(3): : p. 115, fig. 53 (1921)