Ranunculaceae Juss.
Myosurus L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 284 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Myosurus minimus L.
Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 137 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 4 [secondary reference]
common name: Mouse-tail [n/a]
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 8-9 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 1, 140 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 3 BHL [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 27 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 17 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 3 [secondary reference]
common name: Mouse Tails [n/a]
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 238 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: Greek myos, genitive of mys, a mouse; oura, tail: alluding to the long slender spike.
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 364 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 11 [secondary reference]
Henshall, T.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ranunculaceae, Menispermaceae, Nymphaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 87 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 184 [secondary reference]
Briggs, B.G. & Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Ranunculaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 167 [secondary reference]
common name: Mousetail [n/a]
Tamura, M. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Ranunculaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 577 [secondary reference]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 62 [secondary reference]
Briggs, B.G. & Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Ranunculaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 167 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
Eichler, Hj., Jeanes, J.A. & Walsh, N.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 354 [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 565 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas