Bailey, F.M. (May 1891), Contributions to the Queensland flora. Botany Bulletin. Department of Agriculture, Queensland 3: 14 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Walsh River, T. Barclay-Millar."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 271, Fig. 241 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Zinnia elegans Jacq. nom. cons.

Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Trib. Heliantheae Subtrib. 5. Zinniinae. Flora of Australia 37: 550 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Zinnia elegans Jacq. nom. cons.

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