Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 1113 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Olearia flavescens Hutch. legitimate

Willis, J.H. (1956), Systematic notes on Victorian Compositae 1. Muelleria 1(1): 32 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia phlogopappa var. flavescens (Hutch.) J.H.Willis legitimate

Walsh, N.G. & Lander, N.S. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Olearia. Flora of Victoria 4: 897 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia phlogopappa var. flavescens (Hutch.) J.H.Willis legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Olearia phlogopappa (Labill.) DC. legitimate

Messina, A., Walsh, N.G., Hoebee, S.E. & Green, P.T. (12 April 2013), A morphological assessment of the Olearia phlogopappa complex (Asteraceae) Astereae). Australian Systematic Botany 26: 60 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia phlogopappa subsp. flavescens (Hutch.) Messina legitimate

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