Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 627 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland. Wide Bay, Bidwell. N.S. Wales. Macleay river, Beckler."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 81 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 195 [secondary reference]

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

Burbidge, N.T. (1958), A monographic study of Helichrysum Subgenus Ozothamnus (Compositae) and of two related genera formerly included therein. Australian Journal of Botany 6(3): 244-245 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Wide Bay, Bidwill (KEW)."

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 79 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 535, Fig. 75A [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A. (1991), Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae). Opera Botanica 104: 89 [basionym]

basionym of: Ozothamnus bidwillii (Benth.) Anderb. legitimate

Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Ozothamnus. Flora of New South Wales 3: 240 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ozothamnus bidwillii (Benth.) Anderb. legitimate

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ozothamnus bidwillii (Benth.) Anderb. legitimate

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