Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 666 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N.S. Wales. Lord Howe's Island, frequent, Milne; on the ascent of Mount Ligbird, M'Gillivray."

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

Nordenstam, R.B. (1978), Taxonomic studies in the tribe Senecioneae (Compositae). Opera Botanica 44: 40 [basionym]

basionym of: Lordhowea insularis (Benth.) B.Nord. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 81 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lordhowea insularis (Benth.) B.Nord. legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 390 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lordhowea insularis (Benth.) B.Nord. legitimate

Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N., Zeil-Rolfe, I., Lepschi, B. & Gooden, B. (14 September 2020), Expansion of Lordhowea, and a new genus for scapose, alpine Australian species of Senecioneae (Asteraceae). Taxon 69(4): 767 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(designated here): AUSTRALIA, New South Wales, Lord Howe’s Island, on the ascent of Mt Ligbird, Sep 1853, J.M. Gillivray 709 (K barcode K000844096 [photo!])."

Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N., Zeil-Rolfe, I., Lepschi, B. & Gooden, B. (14 September 2020), Expansion of Lordhowea, and a new genus for scapose, alpine Australian species of Senecioneae (Asteraceae). Taxon 69(4): 767 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lordhowea insularis (Benth.) B.Nord. legitimate

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