Cassini, A.H.G. de in Cuvier, F. (ed.) (1825), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles Edn. 2, 34: 391 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Gynura auriculata Cass.

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1983) No. 9405).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1860), Essay on the plants collected by Mr Eugene Fitzalan during Lieut. Smith's Expedition to the Estuary of the Burdekin: 18 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 661 [secondary reference]

Baillon, H.E. (1882), Histoire des Plantes 8: 260 [basionym]

basionym of: Senecio sect. Gynura (Cass.) Baill. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 84 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 275 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 85 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: From the Greek gyne (female) and oura (a tail), referring to the tailed ends of the style lobes.

Davies, F.G. (1980), The genus Gynura (Compostiae) in Malesia and Australia. Kew Bulletin 35(4): 711-734 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 572 [secondary reference]

Belcher, R.O. (1989), Gynura (Compositae) in Australia and Malesia, emended. Kew Bulletin 44(3): 533-542 [secondary reference]

Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Gynura. Flora of New South Wales 3: 297-298 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 82 [secondary reference]

Thompson, I.R. (22 November 2006), A taxonomic treatment of tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 24: 107 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 232 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 383 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Senecio sect. Gynura (Cass.) Baill. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Gynura. Flora of Australia 37: 314 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from the Greek gyne (female) and ourus (tail), in allusion to the tail-like branches of the florets."

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