Candolle, A.P. de (1817), Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale 1: 271 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in terra Van-Diemen, R. Brown." [given by R.Melville, Kew Bull. (1956) 285 as "TASMANIA: In ascensu Montis Tabularis versus flumen Derwent, R.Brown 5257, marmai, Holotype, L."].

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 9 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ranunculus parviflorus L. legitimate

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 14 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ranunculus parviflorus var. australis Benth. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 3 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ranunculus parviflorus L. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 18 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ranunculus leptocaulis Hook. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 19 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ranunculus leptocaulis Hook. legitimate

Henshall, T.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ranunculaceae, Menispermaceae, Nymphaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 88 [secondary reference]

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

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Ranunculaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 172 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ranunculus leptocaulis Hook. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Ranunculus parviflorus var. australis Benth. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 77 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Ranunculus parviflorus L. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 44 pro parte misapplication: Ranunculus parviflorus L. legitimate by Beard, J.S. in Beard, J.S. (ed.) (1965), Descriptive Catalogue of West Australian Plants: 33

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Ranunculaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 66 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ranunculus parviflorus L. legitimate common name: Smallflower Buttercup [n/a]

Briggs, B.G. & Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Ranunculaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 166 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 46 [secondary reference]

common name: Ferny Small-flower Buttercup [n/a]

Briggs, B.G. & Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Ranunculaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 166 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 22 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Ranunculus leptocaulis Hook. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Ranunculus parviflorus var. australis Benth. legitimate by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 14 pro parte misapplication: Ranunculus parviflorus var. australis Benth. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 44

• APC Comment: Varietal rank not recognised in Qld.
• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Eichler, Hj., Jeanes, J.A. & Walsh, N.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 349, 351 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ranunculus leptocaulis Hook. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Ranunculus parviflorus var. australis Benth. legitimate by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 14 common name: Ferny Buttercup [n/a] common name: Ferny Small-flowered Buttercup [n/a] common name: Small-flowered Buttercup [n/a] common name: Smallflower Buttercup [n/a]

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 154 [secondary reference]

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