Philipson, W.R. (1938), An Enumeration of the African species of Elephantopus L. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 76: 303 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Elephantopus scaber var. plurisetus O.Hoffm. legitimate

Bean, A.R. (26 February 2007), A new system for determining which plant species are indigenous in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 20(1): 20 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Elephantopus scaber var. plurisetus O.Hoffm. legitimate

• APC Comment: Included in Elephantopus scaber in Qld.
• APC Dist.: NT

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