Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Leucanthemum Mill. , legitimate, scientific
Miller, P. (28 January 1754), The Gardeners Dictionary abridged Edn. 4, 2: - [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 81 [secondary reference]
Brown, E.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Asteraceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3: 288 [secondary reference]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 386 [secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 928 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 513 [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: 373 [secondary reference]
Thompson, I.R. (22 May 2007), A taxonomic treatment of tribe Anthemideae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 25: 39 BHL [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 485 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Mauranthemum Vogt & Oberpr. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), ACT (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Asteroideae Trib. 3. Anthemideae. Flora of Australia 37: 351 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "from the Greek leukos (white) and anthemon (flower), alluding to the white ligules present in most species."