Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1836), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 269 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Novâ Hollandiâ orientali (h. Mus. Par.!) et interior ad cageegangrivier (Cunn.!)."

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

basionym of: Shawia tenuifolia (DC.) Sch.Bip. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 486 [basionym]

basionym of: Olearia tenuifolia (DC.) Benth. legitimate

Walsh, N.G. & Lander, N.S. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Olearia. Flora of Victoria 4: 911 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia tenuifolia (DC.) Benth. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia tenuifolia (DC.) Benth. legitimate

Walsh, N.G. (14 May 2014), Notes on Olearia (Asteraceae: Astereae) in south-east Australia: O. tenuifolia, O. adenophora and description of a new species endemic to eastern Victoria. Muelleria 32: 36 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "NEW SOUTH WALES. Among dense shrubs investing the base of a pine (Callitris) range in the country on the north of the Cageegang [Cudgegong] River, A. Cunningham 4, May 1825 (lecto, here selected: G-DC, photo seen)."

Walsh, N.G. (14 May 2014), Notes on Olearia (Asteraceae: Astereae) in south-east Australia: O. tenuifolia, O. adenophora and description of a new species endemic to eastern Victoria. Muelleria 32: 36 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia tenuifolia (DC.) Benth. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2019), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia tenuifolia (DC.) Benth. legitimate

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