Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(23): 155 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad flumen Murchison River et Sinum Champion Bay. A. Oldfield."

• Etymology: "Speciem pulchellam nominavi in honorem clar. Georgii Francis, horti botanici Adelaidensis Directoris, cui plures donationes ad nostras collectiones botanicas debemus."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 576 [basionym]

basionym of: Calocephalus francisii (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 352 [basionym]

basionym of: Leucophyta francisii (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Calocephalus francisii (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Short, P.S. (15 December 2016), Notes concerning the classification of species included in Calocephalus R.Br. s.lat. and Gnephosis Cass. s.lat. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), with descriptions of new genera and species. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 29: 177 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "“Ad flumen Murchison River et sinum Champion Bay. A. Oldfield.” Lectotype (here designated): Murchison River, A.F. Oldfield (MEL 543274). Isolectotypes: K 000901845, NSW 139000."

Short, P.S. (15 December 2016), Notes concerning the classification of species included in Calocephalus R.Br. s.lat. and Gnephosis Cass. s.lat. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), with descriptions of new genera and species. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 29: 177 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Calocephalus francisii (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

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