Fourreau, J.P. (1869), Catalogue des plantes qui croissent spontanément le long du cours du Rhône. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon n. ser., 17: 145 [comb. et stat. nov.]

• Type: Acetosella vulgaris Fourr.

basionym: Rumex sect. Acetosella Meisn. legitimate

Burbidge, N.T. (1963), Dictionary of Australian Plant Genera: 2 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 176 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Polygonaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 292 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 14 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rumex L. legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Polygonaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 294 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Polygonaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 292 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 800 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Rumex sect. Acetosella Meisn. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Rumex subg. Acetosella (Meisn.) Rech.f. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 7 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rumex L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rumex L. legitimate

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