Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 473 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N.S. Wales. Bargo Brush, Backhouse; also near Portland in Victoria, Robertson."

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 82 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Olearia asterotricha (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Olearia asterotricha (F.Muell.) Benth. 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): 210 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Bargo, Backhouse s.n. (lecto: K! here designated)."

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): 215 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Olearia asterotricha subsp. lobata 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): 210 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Olearia asterotricha subsp. glaucophylla Messina legitimate

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