Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1836), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 133 [tax. nov.]

Baker, J.G. in Martius, C.F.P. von (1 February 1876), Compositae II. Eupatoriaceae. Flora Brasiliensis 6(2): 300 [basionym]

basionym of: Eupatorium sect. Chromolaena (DC.) Benth. ex Baker legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 80 [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: 533, Fig. 111 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 184 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Eupatorium sect. Chromolaena (DC.) Benth. ex Baker legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eupatorium sect. Cylindrocephala DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Osmia Sch.Bip. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eupatorium sect. Osmia (Sch.Bip.) Benth. ex Baker legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

Orchard, A.E., Cross, E.W. & Bayer, R.J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Chromolaena. Flora of Australia 37: 595-596 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Eupatorium sect. Chromolaena (DC.) Benth. ex Baker legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eupatorium sect. Cylindrocephala DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Osmia Sch.Bip. legitimate

• Etymology: "from the Greek chroma (colour) and laina (cloak), presumably a reference to the coloured involucral bracts in the type and other species."

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