Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(23): 157 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad flumen Murchison et sinum Champion Bay. Walcott et Oldfield"

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 558 [basionym]

basionym of: Myriocephalus nudus var. oldfieldii (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Short, P.S. (9 November 2000), Notes on Myriocephalus Benth. s. lat. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(5): 734 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Myriocephalus nudus A.Gray legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. (15 April 2002), Notes and new taxa in the Australian genus Myriocephalus (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Nuytsia 14(3): 440 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Murchison River, Western Australia, A. Oldfield (lecto: MEL 542208, here designated). Excluded syntypes: Oolinyarra, Murchison River, Western Australia, A. Oldfield (K, photo seen); Champion Bay, Western Australia, A. Oldfield (K, photo seen).

Wilson, Paul G. (15 April 2002), Notes and new taxa in the Australian genus Myriocephalus (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Nuytsia 14(3): 440 [basionym]

basionym of: Myriocephalus oldfieldii (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Myriocephalus oldfieldii (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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