Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 473 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland. Port Bowen, R. Brown; Mount Hedlow, near Rockhampton, Dallachy. N.S. Wales. Hastings river, Fraser; Twofold Bay, F. Mueller; Gabo Island, Maplestone. Victoria. Australian Alps and Wilson's Promontory, F. Mueller, near Melbourne, Roberston. Tasmania. Port Dalrymple and islands of Bass's Straits, R. Brown; very common throughout the island, J.D. Hooker."

Voss, A. (1894), Vilmorin's Blumengartnerei Edn. 3, 1(1): 472 [basionym]

basionym of: Olearia stellulata f. canescens (Benth.) Siebert & Voss legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 259 [secondary reference]

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

basionym of: Olearia canescens (Benth.) Hutch. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 82 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia canescens (Benth.) Hutch. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 520 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia canescens (Benth.) Hutch. legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 83 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia canescens (Benth.) Hutch. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia canescens (Benth.) Hutch. legitimate

Messina, A., Walsh, N.G., Hoebee, S.E. & Green, P.T. (9 December 2014), A revision of Olearia section Asterotriche (Asteraceae: Astereae). Australian Systematic Botany 27(3): 218 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Olearia canescens (Benth.) Hutch. legitimate

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