Hooker, J.D. (17 October 1856), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(3): 204, t. 54 B [nom. nov.]

replaced synonym: Cassinia cuneifolia A.Cunn. ex DC. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 632 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Helichrysum backhousei F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 89 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Helichrysum backhousei F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

Tovey, J.R. & Morris, P.F. (1923), Contributions from the National Herbarium of Victoria, No. 3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35(2): 195 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Helichrysum cuneifolium (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Tovey & P.Morris nom. illeg.

Burbidge, N.T. (1958), A monographic study of Helichrysum Subgenus Ozothamnus (Compositae) and of two related genera formerly included therein. Australian Journal of Botany 6(3): 275 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Mt. Wellington, R. Gunn 1165/1842,31.i.40 (KEW). (Photographs Nos. 1006, 1006a at CANB.)" [isolecto: NSW 14474; C.Herscovitch, pers. comm. March 2013]

Burbidge, N.T. (1958), A monographic study of Helichrysum Subgenus Ozothamnus (Compositae) and of two related genera formerly included therein. Australian Journal of Botany 6(3): 275 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Helichrysum backhousei F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 337 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Helichrysum backhousei F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

Anderberg, A.A. (1991), Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae). Opera Botanica 104: 89 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Ozothamnus backhousii Hook.f. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Helichrysum backhousei F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

Wilson, P.G., Short, P.S. & Orchard, A.E. (16 April 1992), Some nomenclatural changes in the Angianthinae and Cassiniinae (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Muelleria 7(4): 522 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ozothamnus rodwayi Orchard legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ozothamnus rodwayi Orchard legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 20 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ozothamnus rodwayi Orchard legitimate

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