Brown, R. (1818), Observations on the natural family of plants called Compositae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12(1): 128 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Novae Hollandiae ora australis; in campis ad radices montium prope ortum Spencer's Gulph (v.v.)."

• Comment: Published under CASSINIA R.Br. (1817) nom. cons. non R.Br. (1813) nom. rej. .

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 14 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 587 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cassinia rosmarinifolia A.Cunn. ex DC. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 82 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1893), Descriptions of new Australian Plants, with other annotations (continued). The Victorian Naturalist 10(8): 132 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 179 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 267 [secondary reference]

common name: Rosemary shrub [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1918), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 13. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 42: 57 [basionym]

basionym of: Cassinia aculeata var. laevis (R.Br.) J.M.Black legitimate

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 621 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cassinia aculeata var. laevis (R.Br.) J.M.Black legitimate

Domin, K. (1930), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1229 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cassinia rosmarinifolia A.Cunn. ex DC. legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 898 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cassinia aculeata var. laevis (R.Br.) J.M.Black legitimate

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 62 [secondary reference]

common name: Cough bush [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 688-689 [secondary reference]

common name: Rosemary Bush [n/a] common name: Wild Curry [n/a] common name: Curry Bush [n/a] common name: Wild Rosemary [n/a] common name: Cough-bush [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 74 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Compositae (Asteraceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 392, F.g 505 [secondary reference]

common name: Cough-bush [n/a]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 541 [secondary reference]

common name: Coughbush [n/a]

Anderberg, A.A. (1991), Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae). Opera Botanica 104: 91 [secondary reference]

Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Cassinia. Flora of New South Wales 3: 215-216 [secondary reference]

common name: Cough Bush [n/a]

Orchard, A.E. (28 October 2009), A revision of Cassinia (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in Australia. 6. Section Cassinia. Australian Systematic Botany 22(5): 360 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cassinia longifolia R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1893), Descriptions of new Australian Plants, with other annotations (continued). The Victorian Naturalist 10(8): 132

Orchard, A.E. (28 October 2009), A revision of Cassinia (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in Australia. 6. Section Cassinia. Australian Systematic Botany 22(5): 346 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cassinia aculeata (Labill.) R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1893), Descriptions of new Australian Plants, with other annotations (continued). The Victorian Naturalist 10(8): 132

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cassinia aculeata var. laevis (R.Br.) J.M.Black legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cassinia rosmarinifolia A.Cunn. ex DC. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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

pro parte misapplied to: Cassinia aculeata (Labill.) R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1893), Descriptions of new Australian Plants, with other annotations (continued). The Victorian Naturalist 10(8): 132

Orchard, A.E. (21 December 2017), A revision of Cassinia (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in Australia. 7. Cassinia subgenus Achromolaena. Australian Systematic Botany 30(4): 339-340 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Inlet XII, s.dat., R.Brown s.n. [Bennett no. 2151] (holo: BM!); iso: ‘Calea nivea’, South Coast, Spencers Gulf, Bay 12, March 1802, R. Brown s.n. (CANB 279098!); South Coast, s. dat., R.Brown s.n. [Bennett no. lacking], (E!); Iter Australiense, R.Brown [Bennett no. 2151], (E!)."

nomenclatural synonym: Cassinia aculeata var. laevis (R.Br.) J.M.Black legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cassinia longifolia R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1893), Descriptions of new Australian Plants, with other annotations (continued). The Victorian Naturalist 10(8): 132

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cassinia aculeata var. laevis (R.Br.) J.M.Black legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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

pro parte misapplied to: Cassinia longifolia R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1893), Descriptions of new Australian Plants, with other annotations (continued). The Victorian Naturalist 10(8): 132

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