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

• Type: "ad faciem rupestrem montis Wellington in insula Van-Diemen januar. flor. legit cl. A. Cunningham."

Hooker, J.D. (17 October 1856), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(3): 204 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Ozothamnus backhousei Hook.f. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 632 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Helichrysum backhousei F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

Tovey, J.R. & Morris, P.F. (1923), Contributions from the National Herbarium of Victoria, No. 3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35(2): 195 [basionym]

basionym of: Helichrysum cuneifolium (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Tovey & P.Morris nom. illeg.

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): 275 [secondary reference]

• Type: as ""A shrub of stunted growth on the rock face of Mount Wellington, A. Cunningham 104, Jany. 1819" (G-DC)."

Wilson, P.G., Short, P.S. & Orchard, A.E. (16 April 1992), Some nomenclatural changes in the Angianthinae and Cassiniinae (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Muelleria 7(4): 522 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ozothamnus rodwayi Orchard legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ozothamnus rodwayi Orchard legitimate

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