Steetz, J. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Compositae. Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 422 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In arenosis inter frutices supra oppidulum Perth, d. 14 Aprilis 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 79."

Schultz (Bipontinus), C.H. (1861), Jahresbericht der Pollichia: 174 [basionym]

basionym of: Shawia lehmanniana (Steetz) Sch.Bip. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(34): 66 [basionym]

basionym of: Aster lehmannianus (Steetz) F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 484 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Olearia elaeophila var. major Benth. legitimate

Lander, N.S. (21 August 2008), Elucidation of Olearia species related to O. paucidentata (Asteraceae: Astereae). Nuytsia 18: 89 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: In arenosis inter frutices supra oppidulum Perth, 14 April 1839, L. Preiss 79 (lecto, here designated: MEL1547092; isolecto: CO, FL, FL-W, G-2 specimens, K – with field number 147, L, LD, MEL 1547093 & 1547094 & 1547096, P, S – n.v., WRSL).

Lander, N.S. (21 August 2008), Elucidation of Olearia species related to O. paucidentata (Asteraceae: Astereae). Nuytsia 18: 89 [basionym]

basionym of: Olearia lehmanniana (Steetz) Lander legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia lehmanniana (Steetz) Lander legitimate

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