Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 284 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Europae collibus apricis aridis."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 4-5 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Myosurus australis F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 8 [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 [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]

common name: Mouse-tail [n/a]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 3 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 238 [secondary reference]

common name: Mouse-tail [n/a]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 364, Fig. 523 [secondary reference]

common name: Mouse-tail [n/a]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 11 [secondary reference]

common name: Mouse-tail [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 309 [secondary reference]

common name: Mouse-tail [n/a]

Henshall, T.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ranunculaceae, Menispermaceae, Nymphaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 87, Fig. 107 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 184 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 77 [secondary reference]

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

misapplied to: Myosurus australis F.Muell. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 11

Eichler, Hj., Jeanes, J.A. & Walsh, N.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 355 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Myosurus australis F.Muell. legitimate by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 8

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 67 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Myosurus australis F.Muell. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 11

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Myosurus australis F.Muell. legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 364, Fig. 523

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Myosurus australis F.Muell. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 11

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