Linnaeus, C. (1762), Species Plantarum Edn. 2, 1: 168 [tax. nov.]

Briggs, B.G., Carolin, R.C. & Pulley, J.M. (1977), Plantaginaceae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 181: 7 [secondary reference]

Iamonico, D., Fortini, P. & Di Pietro, R. (2019), Typification of the Linnaean names Plantago afra, P. altissima, and P. lagopus (Plantago subg. Psyllium, Plantaginaceae). Phytotaxa 405(4): 211 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(designated here):―Herb. Linnaeus, 144.31 (LINN [digital image!], image of lectotype available at http://linnean-online.org/1896/)."

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