Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 237 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Reedbeds, near Adelaide; River Murray; Flinders Range."

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 363 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ranunculus pentandrus J.M.Black legitimate

Melville, R. (1956), Contributions to the Flora of Australia: III. The Ranunculus sessiliflorus complex in Australia. Kew Bulletin 11(2): 282 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "S. AUSTRALIA: Renmark, Anon. (probably J.M. Black) 3.10.1915. Lectotype. A"

Melville, R. (1956), Contributions to the Flora of Australia: III. The Ranunculus sessiliflorus complex in Australia. Kew Bulletin 11(2): 282 [basionym]

basionym of: Ranunculus pentandrus var. glabrescens (J.M.Black) Melville legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 149 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ranunculus pentandrus var. platycarpus (F.Muell.) H.Eichler legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ranunculus pentandrus var. platycarpus (F.Muell.) H.Eichler legitimate

Eichler, Hj., Jeanes, J.A. & Walsh, N.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 352 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ranunculus pentandrus var. platycarpus (F.Muell.) H.Eichler legitimate

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