Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (1847), Florae Tasmaniae Spicilegium: or, Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land. London Journal of Botany 6: 107 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Schultz, C.(K.)H. 'Bipontinus' (1861), Jahresbericht der Pollichia: 173 [basionym]

basionym of: Shawia salicina (Hook.f.) Sch.Bip. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Olearia phlogopappa (Labill.) DC. legitimate

Messina, A., Walsh, N.G., Hoebee, S.E. & Green, P.T. (12 April 2013), A morphological assessment of the Olearia phlogopappa complex (Asteraceae) Astereae). Australian Systematic Botany 26: 64 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: York Town, 4 January 1843, Gunn 1255 (lectotype here designated: K; isolectotype: CGE).

Messina, A., Walsh, N.G., Hoebee, S.E. & Green, P.T. (12 April 2013), A morphological assessment of the Olearia phlogopappa complex (Asteraceae) Astereae). Australian Systematic Botany 26: 63 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia phlogopappa subsp. salicina (Hook.f.) Messina legitimate

Messina, A., Walsh, N.G., Hoebee, S.E. & Green, P.T. (9 December 2014), A revision of Olearia section Asterotriche (Asteraceae: Astereae). Australian Systematic Botany 27(3): 231 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia phlogopappa subsp. salicina (Hook.f.) Messina legitimate

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