Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 810 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: For note on spelling see T.A.Sprague, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1929) 46.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 352 [secondary reference]

Steetz, J. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Compositae. Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 488 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 677 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cycnoseris Endl. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 276 [secondary reference]

common name: Cat's-ear [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 657 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greco-Latin name of this or some allied genus."

Green, M.L. in Ramsbottom, J., Wilmott, A.J., Wakefield, E.M. & Sprague, T.A. (ed.) (August 1929), The application of Linnean generic names to be determined by means of specified Standard-species. Nomenclature: Proposals by British Botanists: 178 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Hypochaeris radicata L.

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 938 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greco-Latin name of this or some allied genus."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 395 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 385 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 329 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 400-402 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 80 [secondary reference]

• Comment: Cited as Hypochoeris L.

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Compositae (Asteraceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 412 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 167 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Hypochoeris L. orth. var.

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 592 [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: 687 [secondary reference]

Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Hypochaeris. Flora of New South Wales 3: 332 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 709 [secondary reference]

• Comment: Cited as Hypochoeris L.

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 511 [secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: 592 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Hypochoeris L. orth. var.

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: 196-197 [secondary reference]

Thompson, I.R. (22 May 2007), A taxonomic treatment of tribe Lactuceae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 25: 88 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 425 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hypochoeris L. orth. var.

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

orthographic variant: Hypochoeris L. orth. var. orthographic variant: Hypochoerus Willd. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Cycnoseris Endl. legitimate

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

Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Hypochaeris. Flora of Australia 37: 135-136 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Hypochoeris L. orth. var.

• Etymology: "a name used by Theophrastus for this or another plant; from the Greek hypo (under) and choiros (pig), possibly alluding to the underground parts being eaten by pigs."

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