Candolle, A.P. de in Guillemin, J.B.A. (1833), Genres nouveaux appartenant à la famille des Composées ou Synanthérées: Première décade. Archives de Botanique 2(4): 332 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 673 [secondary reference]

Baillon, H.E. (1882), Histoire des Plantes 8: 259 [basionym]

basionym of: Senecio sect. Bedfordia (DC.) Baill. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 84 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Senecio L. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 197 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 112, 234 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 443 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 371 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 375 [secondary reference]

Gray, A.M. (5 July 1975), The status of Bedfordia on the Australian mainland. Muelleria 3(1): 64-66 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 72 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Bedfordia. Flora of New South Wales 3: 298 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 965 [secondary reference]

Orchard, A.E. (22 July 2004), A revision of Bedfordia DC. (Asteraceae). Muelleria 19: 82-83 [secondary reference]

• Type: Bedfordia salicina (Labill.) DC.

Thompson, I.R. (22 November 2006), A taxonomic treatment of tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 24: 57-58 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 224 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 96 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Brachyglottis J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Senecio sect. Bedfordia (DC.) Baill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Culcitium Humb. & Bonpl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Culcitum N.T.Burb. orth. var. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Cacalia L. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Bedfordia. Flora of Australia 37: 198-199 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "named in honour of John Russell (1766-1839), sixth Duke of Bedford, patron of horticulture and botany."

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