Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(17): 18, t. XVIII. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In declivitate rupestri Brinkley's Bluff montium Macdonnell Ranges. J. Macd. Stuart."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(35): 75 [basionym]

basionym of: Aster ferresii (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 487 [basionym]

basionym of: Olearia ferresii (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Compositae (Asteraceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 377 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia ferresii (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia ferresii (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Bean, A.R. & Jobson, P.C. (18 December 2017), Olearia bella A.R.Bean & Jobson and O. orientalis A.R.Bean & Jobson (Asteraceae: Astereae), two new species from Queensland. Austrobaileya 10(1): 103 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Northern Territory. Brinkley’s Bluff, Macdonnell Ranges, s.dat., J.M. Stuart s.n.(holo: MEL 689422 [JSTOR image!])."

Bean, A.R. & Jobson, P.C. (18 December 2017), Olearia bella A.R.Bean & Jobson and O. orientalis A.R.Bean & Jobson (Asteraceae: Astereae), two new species from Queensland. Austrobaileya 10(1): 103-106 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia ferresii (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Nesom, G.L. (19 August 2020), New genera from Australian Olearia (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytoneuron 65: 18 [basionym]

basionym of: Neolaria ferresii (F.Muell.) G.L.Nesom legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia ferresii (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

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