Lindley, J. in Lindley, J. (ed.) (1835), Edwards's Botanical Register 21: t. 1814 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "A beautiful new hardy annual introduced by Mr. Low of the Clapton Nursery ... It is a native of Van Diemen's Land, whence our excellent correspondent Mr. Gunn has sent beautiful specimens (No. 111), agreeing in all respects with the cultivated plant."

Schultz, C.(K.)H. 'Bipontinus' (14 March 1845), Ueber die Gattung Gnaphalium L. Botanische Zeitung 3: 171 [basionym]

basionym of: Gnaphalium bicolor (Lindl.) Sch.Bip. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 620 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Helichrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Andrews legitimate

Bailey, L.H. (1900), Cyclopedia of American Horticulture 2: 723 [basionym]

basionym of: Helichrysum bracteatum var. bicolor (Lindl.) L.H.Bailey legitimate

Domin, K. (1930), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1222 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Helichrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Andrews legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 331 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A. (1991), Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae). Opera Botanica 104: 105 [basionym]

basionym of: Bracteantha bicolor (Lindl.) Anderb. & Haegi legitimate

Flann, C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Bracteantha. Flora of Victoria 4: 752 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bracteantha bracteata (Vent.) Anderb. & Haegi legitimate

Bayer, R.J. (2001), Xerochrysum Tzvelev, a pre-existing generic name for Bracteantha Anderb. & Haegi (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Kew Bulletin 56(4): 1014 [basionym]

basionym of: Xerochrysum bicolor (Lindl.) R.J.Bayer legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Elichrysum bicolor Lindl. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Xerochrysum bicolor (Lindl.) R.J.Bayer legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 16 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Xerochrysum bicolor (Lindl.) R.J.Bayer legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. (20 January 2017), An examination of the Australian genus Xerochrysum (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Nuytsia 28: 21 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "... here designated: R. Gunn 111 [s. dat.], CGE photo!; possible isolecto: MEL 61303, NSW 122366).

Wilson, Paul G. (20 January 2017), An examination of the Australian genus Xerochrysum (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Nuytsia 28: 21 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Xerochrysum bicolor (Lindl.) R.J.Bayer legitimate

Collins, T.L., Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N., Andrew, R.L., Telford, I.R.H. & Bruhl, J.J. (9 June 2022), There’s gold in them thar hills! Morphology and molecules delimit species in Xerochrysum (Asteraceae; Gnaphalieae) and reveal many new taxa. Australian Systematic Botany 35(2): 147 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Xerochrysum bicolor (Lindl.) R.J.Bayer legitimate

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