Cassini, A.H.G. de in Cuvier, F. (ed.) (1822), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles Edn. 2, 25: 61, 321 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Launaea bellidifolia Cass.

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 106 [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: 190 [secondary reference]

Thompson, I.R. (22 May 2007), A taxonomic treatment of tribe Lactuceae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 25: 79 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 470 [secondary reference]

Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Launaea. Flora of Australia 37: 123 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "derivation unknown; possibly named after a friend or relative of Cassini."

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