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

• Type: "N. Australia. Island of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown."

taxonomic synonym: Aster argutus Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.

Britten, J. in Banks, J. & Solander, D.C. (1901), Illustrations of Australian plants collected in 1770 during Captain Cook's voyage round the world 2: 49, t. 153 [basionym]

basionym of: Shawia arguta (Benth.) Britten legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 262 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 168 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 11 [secondary reference]

Wilson, A.J.G. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Minuria - Xanthium. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 947-948, Fig. 288H [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Shawia arguta (Benth.) Britten legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aster argutus Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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