Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 336 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Italia."

Rechinger, K.H. (24 October 1984), Rumex (Polygonaceae) in Australia: a reconsideration. Nuytsia 5(1): 112-113, Fig. 3D [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 68 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 806 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Rumex aculeatus L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bucephalophora aculeata (L.) Pau legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised)

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