Cassini, A.H.G. de (August 1822), Proposition d'un nouveau genre de plantes (Leptinella). Bulletin des Sciences par la Societe Philomatique de Paris 1822: 127 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (1847), Florae Tasmaniae Spicilegium: or, Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land. London Journal of Botany 6: 117 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (1864), Handbook of the New Zealand Flora 1: 140 [basionym]

basionym of: Cotula sect. Leptinella (Cass.) Hook.f. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 547 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cotula L. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 84 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cotula L. legitimate

Brown, E.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Asteraceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3: 291 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 936-937 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 512 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 352 [secondary reference]

Thompson, I.R. (22 May 2007), A taxonomic treatment of tribe Anthemideae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 25: 52 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 482 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cotula sect. Leptinella (Cass.) Hook.f. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas, MI

Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Asteroideae Trib. 3. Anthemideae. Flora of Australia 37: 364-365 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cotula sect. Leptinella (Cass.) Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Symphyomera Hook.f. legitimate

• Etymology: "from the Greek leptos (slender) and ella, a diminutive suffix, alluding to the slender prostrate habit of most species."

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