Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 811 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 353 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 3: 306 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Lapsana communis L.

Anderson, R.H. (8 August 1939), The naturalised flora of New South Wales (excluding Gramineae). Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(1): 32 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 382 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 81 [secondary reference]

Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Lapsana. Flora of New South Wales 3: 330 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 684 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 186 [secondary reference]

Thompson, I.R. (22 May 2007), A taxonomic treatment of tribe Lactuceae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 25: 70 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 467 [secondary reference]

Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Lapsana. Flora of Australia 37: 114 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from the Greek lapsane, the classical name for an edible weed, probably Sinapis arvensis L. (Charlock.)"

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