Druce, G.C. (1917), Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 484, 602 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Ancistrum anserinaefolium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 533 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ancistrum anserinaefolium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

• Etymology: "... means "goose-leaved," in allusion to the shape of the leaflets resembling a goose-foot."

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 172 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Acaena sanguisorbae (L.) Vahl legitimate common name: Biddy-widdy [n/a] common name: Buzzy [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 220 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 169 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Acaena sanguisorbae (L.) Vahl legitimate

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 196 [secondary reference]

common name: Biddy Biddy [n/a] common name: Bidgee-Widgee [n/a]

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 209-210 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ancistrum anserinaefolium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena sanguisorbae (L.) Vahl legitimate common name: Bidgee-widgee [n/a]

Yeo, P.F. (1973), Plants: Wild and Cultivated App. III: 214-215, fig. 9 [secondary reference]

McGillivray, D.J. (12 June 1973), Michel Gandoger's names of Australian plants. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(6): 332 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Acaena dumulosa Gand. legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 344 [secondary reference]

common name: Buzzy [n/a] common name: Biddy Biddy [n/a] common name: Bidgee-widgee Burr [n/a] common name: Bidgee-widgee [n/a]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Rosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 237-238, Fig. 37F [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ancistrum anserinaefolium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate common name: Biddy Biddy [n/a]

Kalkman, C. (1993), Rosaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 11(2): 297-299 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. & Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Rosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 656 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Acaena novae-zelandiae Kirk legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 209-210

Jessup, L.W. (2003), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Acaena novae-zelandiae Kirk legitimate by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Rosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 237-238, Fig. 37F

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Acaena novae-zelandiae Kirk legitimate by Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 169

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 70 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Acaena novae-zelandiae Kirk legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 172

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