Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 866 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 373 [secondary reference]

Labillardière, J.J.H. de (1806), Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 2(20-21): 48 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Sixth Systematic Index of the Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 17 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 661 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Centropappus Hook.f. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 84 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Bedfordia DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Centropappus Hook.f. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 187, 197-198, 199, 200, 202 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 275 [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: 538 [secondary reference]

• Type: Senecio vulgaris L.

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 110-111, 235 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 610-611 [secondary reference]

common name: Groundsel [n/a]

• Etymology: "Latin for some European species of this genus, from senex, an old man: alluding to the white pappus."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 883 [secondary reference]

common name: Groundsel [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: 381 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 361-363 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 305-307 [secondary reference]

Ali, S.I. (1969), Senecio lautus Complex in Australia V. Taxonomic Implications. Australian Journal of Botany 17(1): 161-176 [secondary reference]

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

Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1: 378 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1021, 1025, 1026 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 85 [secondary reference]

Lawrence, M.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Senecio. Flora of Central Australia: 384 [secondary reference]

Lawrence, M.E. (15 July 1985), Studies in Senecio (Compositae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 7(3): 289-293 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 574-575 [secondary reference]

Lander, N.S. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Asteraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 702 [secondary reference]

Belcher, R.O. (1992), The genus Senecio (Compositae) on Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Kew Bulletin 47(4): 765-773 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Senecio. Flora of New South Wales 3: 299 [secondary reference]

Belcher, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Senecio. Flora of Australia 49: 391 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Senecio. Flora of Victoria 4: 941-944 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 524 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 83 [secondary reference]

Thompson, I.R. (22 November 2006), A taxonomic treatment of tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 24: 63 [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: 230-231, Fig. 57 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 788 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Senecio subsect. Indivisi G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio sect. Jacobeae G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Erechtites sect. Tulodiscus DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Erechtites sect. Plagiotome DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Erechtites sect. Microderis DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio sect. Pseudosenecio Sond. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio ser. Radiati Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio ser. Discoidei Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio sect. Erechtites (Raf.) Baill. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Cacalia L. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (native and naturalised), NI, ACT (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Senecio. Flora of Australia 37: 209-211 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from the Latin senex (an old man), possibly alluding to the white pappus."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Senecio subsect. Indivisi G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio sect. Jacobeae G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Erechtites sect. Tulodiscus DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Erechtites sect. Plagiotome DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Erechtites sect. Microderis DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio sect. Pseudosenecio Sond. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio ser. Radiati Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio ser. Discoidei Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio sect. Erechtites (Raf.) Baill. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Cacalia L. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (naturalised), ACT (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

---