Drury, D.G. (1972), The cluster and solitary-headed cudweeds native to New Zealand: (Gnaphalium Section Euchiton-Compositae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 10: 150-153, Fig. 9 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Holotype: Kirk, "Trelissick [Broken River] Basin, 22000-3000 ft"; (WELT-Kirk Herb.) Isotype: AK 10075 (Cheeseman Herb.)

Holub, J.L. (11 November 1974), New Names in Phanerogamae 3. Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 9(3): 2741 [basionym]

basionym of: Euchiton ensifer (D.G.Drury) Holub legitimate

Cooke, D.A. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Compositae (Asteraceae). Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1516 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A. (1991), Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae). Opera Botanica 104: 271 [basionym]

basionym of: Euchiton ensifer (D.G.Drury) Anderb. isonym

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

misapplied to: Euchiton japonicus (Thunb.) Holub legitimate by Cooke, D.A. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Compositae (Asteraceae). Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1516

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Euchiton japonicus (Thunb.) Holub legitimate by Cooke, D.A. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Compositae (Asteraceae). Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1516

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Euchiton japonicus (Thunb.) Holub legitimate by Cooke, D.A. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Compositae (Asteraceae). Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1516

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