Hutchinson, J. (1917), Gardeners' Chronicle. London. Series 3 61: 24 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Eurybia gunniana var. microcephala Hook.f. legitimate

Comber, H.F. (1930), Field Notes of Tasmanian Plants collected by H.F.Comber 1929/30: 23 [secondary reference]

• Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2110 (1991), indicates that this name is "nom. illeg. non (J.D.Hook.) Hutch. (1917)". Although Comber does not include an author citation for the varietal name there is no other indication that he is publishing the name of a new taxon. This is here regarded as a secondary reference by Comber to the name previously published by Hutchinson.

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 463 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Olearia phlogopappa var. microcephala W.M.Curtis nom. inval.

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 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Olearia phlogopappa subsp. gunniana (DC.) Messina legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Olearia phlogopappa subsp. gunniana (DC.) Messina legitimate

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