Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(34): 69 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In clivis calcariis et arenosis extremitatem occidentalem sinus Great Australian Bight versus. Maxw."

taxonomic synonym: Olearia exilifolia F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 476 [basionym]

basionym of: Olearia exilifolia (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 78 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1956), Systematic notes on Victorian Compositae 1. Muelleria 1(1): 30 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA – Great Australian Bight: "N.E. side white sand patch, 60 miles from the Bellingers (east), shrubs 4 feet", G. Maxwell, 1863 (LECTOTYPE in MEL)"

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

taxonomic synonym of: Olearia brachyphylla (F.Muell. ex Sond.) N.A.Wakef. legitimate

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