Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 548 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 243 [secondary reference]

Smith, J.E. in Rees, A. (ed.) (1814), The Cyclopaedia 29: - [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 5 [secondary reference]

common name: Spearwort [n/a] common name: Crowfoot [n/a]

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 9-15 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 1, 140 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 27-28 [secondary reference]

common name: Crowfoot [n/a] common name: Buttercup [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 18 [secondary reference]

common name: Buttercup [n/a]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 104 [secondary reference]

• Type: Ranunculus auricomus L.

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 3-5 [secondary reference]

common name: Crowfoot [n/a] common name: Buttercups [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 237 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Latin for "tadpole," diminutive of rana, a frog: also the name of the genus, perhaps in allusion to the aquatic species.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 362 [secondary reference]

Melville, R. (1955), Contributions to the Flora of Australia: II. Some Ranunculi of Tasmania and south eastern Australia. Kew Bulletin 10(2): 193-220 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 11 [secondary reference]

common name: Buttercup [n/a]

Melville, R. (1956), Contributions to the Flora of Australia: III. The Ranunculus sessiliflorus complex in Australia. Kew Bulletin 11(2): 277-286 [secondary reference]

Briggs, B.G. (1959), Ranunculus lappaceus and allied species of the Australian mainland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 84: 295-324 [secondary reference]

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Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 146-147 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 171-174 [secondary reference]

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 157-166 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 11-13 [secondary reference]

common name: Buttercup [n/a]

Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1: 174 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 125, 126 [secondary reference]

Henshall, T.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ranunculaceae, Menispermaceae, Nymphaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 87 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 184 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Ranunculaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 170-173 [secondary reference]

common name: Buttercups [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Ranunculaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 65-66 [secondary reference]

Briggs, B.G. & Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Ranunculaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 159-167 [secondary reference]

common name: Buttercups [n/a]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 58 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Batrachium (DC.) Gray legitimate

Orchard, A.E. (1993), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 78-79 [secondary reference]

Tamura, M. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Ranunculaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 579, Fig. 123 O-S [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 52 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 41-44 [secondary reference]

Briggs, B.G. & Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Ranunculaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 159 [secondary reference]

common name: Buttercups [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 853 [secondary reference]

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

Eichler, Hj., Jeanes, J.A. & Walsh, N.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 313-319 [secondary reference]

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

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 727 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Batrachium (DC.) Gray legitimate

Emadzade, K., Lehnebach, C., Lockhart, P. & Horandl, E. (2010), A molecular phylogeny, morphology and classification of genera of Ranunculeae (Ranunculaceae). Taxon 59(3): 824 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Batrachium (DC.) Gray legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Ranunculus sect. Batrachium DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Batrachium (DC.) Gray legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ranunculus subg. Batrachium (DC.) Ser. legitimate

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

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