Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 508 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Mexico, Jamaica, Caribaeis, nunc in Europa australi."

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): cvi [secondary reference]

Tenison-Woods, J.E. (1881), Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania: 48 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888), Plants, hitherto immigrated and naturalized in Victoria, with indications of their nativity and English popular names. Key to the System of Victorian Plants 1: 531 [secondary reference]

Holtze, M. (1892), Introduced plants in the Northern Territory. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 15: 2 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 763 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 33 [secondary reference]

common name: Prickly Poppy [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 240 [secondary reference]

common name: Prickly Poppy [n/a]

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 682-683 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 44 [secondary reference]

Steenis, C.G.G.J. van (December 1954), Papaveraceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 5(1): 114-116 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 27 [secondary reference]

common name: Mexican Poppy [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 138 [secondary reference]

common name: Mexican Poppy [n/a]

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 162 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 28 [secondary reference]

common name: Mexican Poppy [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 40 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Papaveraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 195 [secondary reference]

common name: Mexican Poppy [n/a] common name: Prickly Poppy [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 78 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Argemone ochroleuca Sweet legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 44

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Argemone ochroleuca Sweet legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 40

Kiger, R.W. & Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Papaveraceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 69 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Argemone ochroleuca Sweet subsp. ochroleuca legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 162

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

nomenclatural synonym: Argemone mexicana L. var. mexicana legitimate

• APC Comment: Included in the circumscription of Argemone ochroleuca subsp. ochroleuca in SA.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

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

misapplied to: Argemone subfusiformis G.B.Ownbey legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 763

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

misapplied to: Argemone ochroleuca Sweet subsp. ochroleuca legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 162

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

misapplied to: Argemone ochroleuca Sweet legitimate by Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 28

Ownbey, G.B. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Argemone. Flora of Australia 2: 390, Plate 61, Map 431 [secondary reference]

common name: Prickly Poppy [n/a] common name: Mexican Poppy [n/a]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 61 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Argemone ochroleuca Sweet subsp. ochroleuca legitimate by Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 28

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Argemone mexicana L. var. mexicana legitimate taxonomic synonym: Argemone mexicana var. typica Prain nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

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