Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1838), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 155 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "frequens in apricis collium scopulosorum in distr. Illawarra prope Port Jackson octob. flor. (Cunn.!)" [given by N.T.Burbidge, Austral. J. Bot. 6 (1958) 261 as ""In exposed situations on rocky hills at the Illawarra district near Port Jackson, Oct. 1818, Lat. 34 1/2" – A. Cunningham (G-DC)."].

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 631 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Helichrysum ferrugineum (Labill.) Less. ex Benth. nom. illeg.

Wakefield, N.A. (1951), Some revision in Helichrysum. The Victorian Naturalist 68(3): 50 [basionym]

basionym of: Helichrysum argophyllum (A.Cunn. ex DC.) N.A.Wakef. legitimate

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): 261 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Helichrysum argophyllum (A.Cunn. ex DC.) N.A.Wakef. legitimate

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

basionym of: Ozothamnus argophyllus (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Anderb. legitimate

Puttock, C.F. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Ozothamnus. Flora of Victoria 4: 735 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ozothamnus argophyllus (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Anderb. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ozothamnus argophyllus (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Anderb. legitimate

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