Gray, S.F. (1821), A Natural Arrangement of British Plants 2: 720 [comb. et stat. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

basionym: Ranunculus sect. Batrachium DC. legitimate

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 115 [secondary reference]

• Type: Batrachium hederaceum (L.) Gray

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 147 [secondary reference]

Briggs, B.G. & Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Ranunculaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 159 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 58 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ranunculus L. legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 60 [secondary reference]

Briggs, B.G. & Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Ranunculaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 159 [secondary reference]

CHAH (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ranunculus sect. Batrachium DC. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ranunculus subg. Batrachium (DC.) Ser. legitimate

Eichler, Hj., Jeanes, J.A. & Walsh, N.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 310 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ranunculus sect. Batrachium DC. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ranunculus subg. Batrachium (DC.) Ser. legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 94 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ranunculus L. legitimate

Emadzade, K., Lehnebach, C., Lockhart, P. & Horandl, E. (2010), A molecular phylogeny, morphology and classification of genera of Ranunculeae (Ranunculaceae). Taxon 59(3): 824 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ranunculus L. legitimate

CHAH (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ranunculus L. legitimate

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