Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1838), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 371 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Novâ-Hollandiâ verisim. ad lacum Georgii. ... (v.s.)"

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 15 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 671 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Senecio brachylaenus DC. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 84 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 2: 4 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 198 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 275 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 613, Fig. 272 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 886, Fig. 1188 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 674-675 [secondary reference]

common name: Branching Grounsel [n/a] common name: Bushy Grounsel [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 85 [secondary reference]

Lawrence, M.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Senecio. Flora of Central Australia: 385 [secondary reference]

common name: Groundsel [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 169 [secondary reference]

• Comment: Appears in square brackets and italics as an "erroneous record".

Lawrence, M.E. & Belcher, R.O. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Senecio. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1598 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Senecio. Flora of New South Wales 3: 306, pl.12 [secondary reference]

Ross, J.H. in Ross, J.H. (ed.) (September 1996), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 5: 214 [secondary reference]

Thompson, I.R. (16 November 2004), Taxonomic studies of Australian Senecio (Asteraceae): 2. The shrubby, discoid species and the allied radiate species Senecio linearifolius. Muelleria 20: 81 [secondary reference]

Moore, P. (2005), A guide to plants of inland Australia: 134 [secondary reference]

common name: Shrubby Groundsel [n/a] common name: Groundsel [n/a]

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

orthographic variant: Senecio cunninghami DC. orth. var.

• APC Comment: Possible hybrids between Senecio cunninghamii and Senecio lanibracteus occur in NSW (I.R.Thompson, Muelleria 20: 80 (2004)).
• APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Senecio lanibracteus I.Thomps. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 671

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Senecio lanibracteus I.Thomps. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 613, Fig. 272

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Senecio lanibracteus I.Thomps. legitimate by Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 886, Fig. 1188

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Senecio lanibracteus I.Thomps. legitimate by Lawrence, M.E. & Belcher, R.O. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Senecio. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1598

Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Senecio. Flora of Australia 37: 250-251 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Senecio cunninghami DC. orth. var.

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