Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1856), Polygonaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 14(1): 63 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Rumex acetosella L.

Fourreau, J.P. (1869), Catalogue des plantes qui croissent spontanément le long du cours du Rhône. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon n. ser., 17: 145 [basionym]

basionym of: Acetosella (Meisn.) Fourr. legitimate

Rechinger, K.H. (1949), Rumices asiatici. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Gattung Rumex VII. Candollea 12: 15 [basionym]

basionym of: Rumex subg. Acetosella (Meisn.) Rech.f. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acetosella (Meisn.) Fourr. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rumex L. legitimate

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