Linnaeus, C. (1759), Systema Naturae Edn. 10, 2: 1192 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "D. Kaehler. Loefling ..."

Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 3: 884 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 277 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1916), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No 9. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 40: 76 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 596 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Sonchus megalocarpus (Hook.f.) J.M.Black legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 3: 884

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

• APC Comment: A European taxon recorded by F.M.Bailey, Queensland Fl. 3: 884 (1900), but not known to occur in Australia.

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