Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1836), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 271 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in sylvis siccis umbrosis jugi montium Illawara Novae Hollandiae detexit cl. A. Cunningham. ... (v.s. comm. à cl. invent.)"

taxonomic synonym: Aster ellipticus DC. nom. inval., pro syn.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 483 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eurybia illita F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Olearia illita F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Aster illitus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 78 [basionym]

basionym of: Aster ellipticus (DC.) A.Cunn. ex F.Muell. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 177 [secondary reference]

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

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 105, 231 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1930), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1210-1211 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Aster ellipticus DC. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Eurybia illita F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Olearia illita F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Aster illitus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 393 [secondary reference]

common name: Sticky Daisy Bush [n/a]

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

Rodd, A.N. & Pickard, J. (1983), Census of vascular flora of Lord Howe Island. Cunninghamia 1: 271 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 212 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 519 [secondary reference]

common name: Sticky Daisy Bush [n/a]

Lander, N.S. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Olearia. Flora of New South Wales 3: 190 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Olearia sp. G (aff. elliptica) [n/a] common name: Sticky Daisy Bush [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 384 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Olearia elliptica subsp. praetermissa P.S.Green legitimate by Rodd, A.N. & Pickard, J. (1983), Census of vascular flora of Lord Howe Island. Cunninghamia 1: 271

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

taxonomic synonym: Aster ellipticus DC. nom. inval., pro syn.

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, LHI

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

misapplied to: Olearia elliptica subsp. praetermissa P.S.Green legitimate by Rodd, A.N. & Pickard, J. (1983), Census of vascular flora of Lord Howe Island. Cunninghamia 1: 271

Bean, A.R. (20 April 2020), A taxonomic revision of Olearia elliptica DC. (Asteraceae: Astereae) with the description of two new species O. fulgens A.R.Bean and O. praetermissa (P.S.Green) A.R.Bean. Austrobaileya 10(4): 657-658, Map 1 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "New South Wales. Illawarra, [October–November 1818], A. Cunningham 27 (lecto: G 00494308 i.d.v. [designated here]; isolecto: K 000838958 i.d.v.)."

nomenclatural synonym: Olearia elliptica DC. subsp. elliptica legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aster ellipticus DC. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Eurybia illita F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Olearia illita F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Aster illitus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate common name: Sticky daisy-bush [n/a]

Nesom, G.L. (19 August 2020), New genera from Australian Olearia (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytoneuron 65: 27 [basionym]

basionym of: Phaseolaria elliptica (DC.) G.L.Nesom legitimate

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2020), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2019 to 2020. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2020: 11 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Olearia elliptica DC. subsp. elliptica legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Aster ellipticus (DC.) A.Cunn. ex F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Olearia elliptica DC. subsp. elliptica legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Phaseolaria elliptica (DC.) G.L.Nesom legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aster ellipticus DC. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Eurybia illita F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aster illitus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Olearia illita F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Olearia sp. G (aff. elliptica) [n/a]

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, LHI

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

misapplied to: Olearia praetermissa (P.S.Green) A.R.Bean legitimate by Rodd, A.N. & Pickard, J. (1983), Census of vascular flora of Lord Howe Island. Cunninghamia 1: 271

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