Willdenow, C.L. (1800), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 3(1): 1981 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Nova Zeelandiae (v.s.)"

Hooker, J.D. (6 September 1852), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 1(2): 145 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (17 October 1856), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(3): 221 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 667 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Senecio rupicola A.Rich. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio pinnatifolius A.Rich. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio crithmifolius A.Rich. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Senecio tripartitus A.Rich. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio macquariensis DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio carnulentus DC. nom. illeg.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 84 [secondary reference]

Tate, R. (1880), A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 73 [secondary reference]

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 7 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 93, 94 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Senecio capillifolius Hook.f. legitimate

Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 707 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 198 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 275 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 111 [secondary reference]

Laing, R.M. (1915), A revised list of the Norfolk Island flora, with some notes on the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 39 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 612, Fig. 270 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 885, Fig. 1186 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 382 [secondary reference]

common name: Variable Grounsel [n/a]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 365 [secondary reference]

Turner, J.S., Smithers, C.N. & Hoogland, R.D. (1968), The conservation of Norfolk Island: 36 [secondary reference]

Ali, S.I. (1969), Senecio lautus Complex in Australia V. Taxonomic Implications. Australian Journal of Botany 17(1): 167-175 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 372 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 750-751 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 262 [secondary reference]

common name: Golden Fireweed [n/a] common name: Groundsel Fireweed [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 85 [secondary reference]

Lawrence, M.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Senecio. Flora of Central Australia: 384, Fig. 491 [secondary reference]

common name: Variable groundsel [n/a]

Lawrence, M.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Senecio. Flora of Central Australia: 384 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 169 [secondary reference]

Lawrence, M.E. & Belcher, R.O. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Senecio. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1596 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 576-577, Fig. 81C [secondary reference]

common name: Fireweed [n/a] common name: Variable Groundsel [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 12 [secondary reference]

Lander, N.S. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Asteraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 703-704, Fig. 261 [secondary reference]

common name: Variable Groundsel [n/a]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Senecio. Flora of New South Wales 3: 308 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Senecio sp. G (aff. dissectifolius) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Senecio sp. K [n/a] common name: Variable Groundsel [n/a]

Michael, P.W. (1992), Senecio lautus sensu lato - an unresolved complex. Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 72: 10-11 [secondary reference]

Belcher, R.O. (May 1992), Rediscovery of Senecio australis Willd. (Asteraceae) after nearly two centuries. Taxon 41(2): 240-246 [secondary reference]

Belcher, R.O. (29 November 1993), The 'Senecio aff. lautus' complex (Asteraceae) in Australia. I. Criteria for exclusion of lautusoid Senecio of Australia from S. lautus sensu stricto of New Zealand. Australian Systematic Botany 6(4): 359-363 [secondary reference]

Belcher, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Senecio. Flora of Australia 49: 392 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 707

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Laing, R.M. (1915), A revised list of the Norfolk Island flora, with some notes on the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 39

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Turner, J.S., Smithers, C.N. & Hoogland, R.D. (1968), The conservation of Norfolk Island: 36

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Senecio. Flora of Victoria 4: 947 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Senecio pinnatifolius A.Rich. legitimate

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 525 [secondary reference]

common name: Coastal Groundsel [n/a] common name: Variable Groundsel [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Senecio spathulatus A.Rich. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 750-751

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Senecio spanomerus I.Thomps. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 750-751

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Senecio spanomerus I.Thomps. legitimate by Lawrence, M.E. & Belcher, R.O. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Senecio. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1596

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Senecio pinnatifolius var. maritimus (Ali) I.Thomps. legitimate by Lawrence, M.E. & Belcher, R.O. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Senecio. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1596

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Senecio pinnatifolius var. lanceolatus (Benth.) I.Thomps. legitimate by Lawrence, M.E. & Belcher, R.O. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Senecio. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1596

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Senecio pinnatifolius A.Rich. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 750-751

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Senecio pinnatifolius A.Rich. legitimate by Lawrence, M.E. & Belcher, R.O. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Senecio. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1596

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Senecio pinnatifolius A.Rich. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 365

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Senecio lacustrinus I.Thomps. legitimate by Lawrence, M.E. & Belcher, R.O. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Senecio. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1596

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Senecio eremicola I.Thomps. legitimate by Lawrence, M.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Senecio. Flora of Central Australia: 384

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Senecio eremicola I.Thomps. legitimate by Lawrence, M.E. & Belcher, R.O. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Senecio. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1596

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Senecio depressicola I.Thomps. legitimate by Lawrence, M.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Senecio. Flora of Central Australia: 384

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Senecio depressicola I.Thomps. legitimate by Lawrence, M.E. & Belcher, R.O. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Senecio. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1596

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

misapplied to: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 707

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Laing, R.M. (1915), A revised list of the Norfolk Island flora, with some notes on the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 39

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Turner, J.S., Smithers, C.N. & Hoogland, R.D. (1968), The conservation of Norfolk Island: 36

Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Senecio. Flora of Australia 37: 306 [secondary reference]

• Text: "This species does not occur in Australia, but the name has been widely misapplied to species in the Lautusoid group."

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 22 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Senecio pinnatifolius A.Rich. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 365

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