Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 857 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 369 [secondary reference]

Ventenat, E.P. (1803), Jardin de la Malmaison 1(1): 2 [secondary reference]

Green, M.L. in Ramsbottom, J., Wilmott, A.J., Wakefield, E.M. & Sprague, T.A. (ed.) (August 1929), The application of Linnean generic names to be determined by means of specified Standard-species. Nomenclature: Proposals by British Botanists: 181 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Xeranthemum annuum L.

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