Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1838), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 158 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Rutidosis helychrysoides DC.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1860), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 2(13): 89 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Acomis F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 593 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pumilo Schltdl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Actinopappus Hook.f. ex A.Gray legitimate

Baillon, H.E. (1882), Histoire des Plantes 8: 175 [basionym]

basionym of: Helichrysum sect. Rutidosis (DC.) Baill. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 82 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lepidocoma Jungh. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pumilo Schltdl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Actinopappus Hook.f. ex A.Gray legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 180, 191. 193 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 268 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 79 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 639 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek rhytidosis, a wrinkling, from rhytis, a wrinkle: alluding to the involucral bracts of R. helichrysoides."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 917-918 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 342 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 378 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 85 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Compositae (Asteraceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 393 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 543 [secondary reference]

Lander, N.S. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Asteraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 701 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A. (1991), Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae). Opera Botanica 104: 122-123 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Actinopappus Hook.f. ex A.Gray legitimate

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Rutidosis. Flora of New South Wales 3: 249-250 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 795, 797 [secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Rutidosus Stanley orth. var.

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: 280, Fig. 63H [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 756 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Rutidosus Stanley orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Helichrysum sect. Rutidosis (DC.) Baill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Rutidosis sect. Eurutidosis F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Actinopappus Hook.f. ex A.Gray legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

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