Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(2): 34 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In collibus aridis ad flumen Burnett."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 594 [secondary reference]

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

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 268, Fig. 239 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 543, Fig. 76C [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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

CHAH (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Rutidosus murchisonii Stanley orth. var.

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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