Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1836), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 106 [tax. nov.]

Porteners, M.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Gymnocoronis. Flora of New South Wales 3: 149 [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: 519-520 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 382 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Gymnocoronis. Flora of Australia 37: 604 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "probably from the Greek gymnos (naked, unclad) and the Latin corona (corona, crown) from the Greek koryphe (the crown or top of the head), referring to the lack of pappus in this genus."

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