Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 12 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Ranunculus scapiger Hook. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 3 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ranunculus scapiger Hook. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ranunculus pimpinellifolius Hook. legitimate

Briggs, B.G. (1959), Ranunculus lappaceus and allied species of the Australian mainland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 84: 307 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ranunculus scapiger Hook. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ranunculus scapiger Hook. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Ranunculus lappaceus var. scapigerus Benth. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ranunculus scapiger Hook. legitimate

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

pro parte misapplied to: Ranunculus pimpinellifolius Hook. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 3

Eichler, Hj., Jeanes, J.A. & Walsh, N.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 331 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ranunculus scapiger Hook. legitimate

Eichler, Hj., Jeanes, J.A. & Walsh, N.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 328 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Ranunculus pimpinellifolius Hook. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 3

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 68 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ranunculus scapiger Hook. legitimate

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