Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 479 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Murray desert, F. Mueller; Rotton Island, Wilhelmi."

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 600 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 870 [secondary reference]

Lander, N.S. (1 March 1991), New taxa and new combinations in Olearia (Asteraceae: Astereae) from south-eastern Australia. Telopea 4(2): 156 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(here designated): SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Murray:Murray River, F.Mueller s.n., - (lecto K) - see Typification."

Lander, N.S. (1 March 1991), New taxa and new combinations in Olearia (Asteraceae: Astereae) from south-eastern Australia. Telopea 4(2): 156 [basionym]

basionym of: Olearia minor (Benth.) Lander legitimate

Walsh, N.G. & Lander, N.S. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Olearia. Flora of Victoria 4: 904 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia minor (Benth.) Lander legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia minor (Benth.) Lander legitimate

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