Mueller, F.J.H. von (1877), Contributions to the phytography of Tasmania, IV. Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 30 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "King's Island, Neate."

Kiger, R.W. & Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Papaveraceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 72 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Papaver aculeatum Thunb. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Papaver aculeatum Thunb. legitimate

Kiger, R.W. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Papaveraceae. Flora of Australia 2: 395 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Papaver aculeatum Thunb. legitimate

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