Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 665 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mount Wellington, Gunn; Mount Sorrel, Milligan; Mount Lapeyrouse, Oldfield."

• Comment: L.Rodway, Tasman. Fl. 93 (1903) lists "var. pleiocephalus" under his treatment of S. pectinatus. R.O.Belcher, Muelleria 9: 127 (1996) treated this as a new name, but it is here regarded as a secondary reference to Senecio pectinatus var. pleiocephalus Benth.

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 93 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 364 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Senecio leptocarpus DC. legitimate

Belcher, R.O. (24 July 1996), Australian alpine scapose radiate taxa of Senecio (Asteraceae). Muelleria 9: 127 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Senecio pinnatifolius var. pleiocephalus Belcher nom. inval.

Belcher, R.O. (24 July 1996), Australian alpine scapose radiate taxa of Senecio (Asteraceae). Muelleria 9: 122 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Senecio leptocarpus DC. legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Senecio. Flora of Victoria 4: 949 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Senecio pinnatifolius var. pleiocephalus Belcher nom. inval.

Thompson, I.R. (22 November 2006), A taxonomic treatment of tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 24: 73 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Senecio leptocarpus DC. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Senecio pinnatifolius var. alpinus (Ali) I.Thomps. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 93

Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Senecio. Flora of Australia 37: 276 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Senecio leptocarpus DC. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 22 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Senecio albogilvus I.Thomps. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 93

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): 768 [secondary reference]

• Type: "In the typification statement for Senecio leptocarpus Belcher (1996: 122) states “… ISOTYPI seen: K ex Herb. Hook., ‘Mt Wellington’ [type of var. pleiocephalus Benth.]; …” This is here treated as effective lectotypification of the name Senecio pectinatus var . pleiocephalus by Belcher in accordance with ICN Art. 7.11 (Shenzhen Code, Turland & al., 2018). As Belcher ’s citation meets the relevant requirements of ICN Art. 7.11, his use of the term “isotypi” is correctable under ICN Art. 9.10."

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): 768 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Scapisenecio leptocarpus (DC.) Schmidt-Leb. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Scapisenecio leptocarpus (DC.) Schmidt-Leb. legitimate

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