Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(23): 154 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad flumen Darling; Goodwin. Ad montes Barrier Range; Beckler. Ad sinum Spencer's Gulf; Warburton."

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

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

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

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

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 648 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 928 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. legitimate

Short, P.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Compositae (Craspedia to Actinobole). Flora of Central Australia: 392 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Calocephalus platycephalus (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: 184 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: " 'Ad flumen Darling; Goodwin. Ad montes Barrier Range; Beckler. Ad sinum Spencer’s Gulf; Warburton.' Lectotype (here designated): Darling River, [1858/59], [J.] Dallachy & [T.H.] Goodwin (MEL 543210). Isolectotypes: K 000901843, MEL 543211, MEL 543213. Remaining syntypes or possibly isolectotypes: Darling River, [1858/59], [J.] Dallachy (MEL 543212, NSW 139017); Lake Menindee, River Darling, Nov. 1858, [J.] Dallachy (MEL 85145)."

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: 184 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

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