Hooker, J.D. (24 October 1855), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(1): 6 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Melville, R. (1955), Contributions to the Flora of Australia: II. Some Ranunculi of Tasmania and south eastern Australia. Kew Bulletin 10(2): 198 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Gunn. No. 633."

Briggs, B.G. (1959), Ranunculus lappaceus and allied species of the Australian mainland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 84: 297 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ranunculus lappaceus Sm. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ranunculus lappaceus Sm. legitimate

Eichler, Hj., Jeanes, J.A. & Walsh, N.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 334 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ranunculus lappaceus Sm. legitimate

---