Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1838), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 189 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "H. viscosum Sieb. pl. exs. nov.-holl. n. 345"

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

basionym of: Bracteantha viscosa (DC.) Anderb. & Haegi legitimate

Wilson, P.G., Short, P.S. & Orchard, A.E. (16 April 1992), Some nomenclatural changes in the Angianthinae and Cassiniinae (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Muelleria 7(4): 520 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bracteantha viscosa (DC.) Anderb. & Haegi legitimate

Bayer, R.J. (2001), Xerochrysum Tzvelev, a pre-existing generic name for Bracteantha Anderb. & Haegi (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Kew Bulletin 56(4): 1015 [basionym]

basionym of: Xerochrysum viscosum (Sieber ex DC.) R.J.Bayer legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Xerochrysum viscosum (Sieber ex DC.) R.J.Bayer legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. (20 January 2017), An examination of the Australian genus Xerochrysum (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Nuytsia 28: 29 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: " 'Fl. Novae Holl. No. 345', F. Sieber 345 (lecto, here designated: G-DC G 00470540 image!; isolecto: HAL 0111515 image!, MEL 604820 image!, W 18890232748 image!); ‘Frequent in the country on the western side of the Blue Mountains’, New South Wales, 1817, A. Cunningham 120 (syn: G-DC, G00470545 image!, MEL 61351)."

Wilson, Paul G. (20 January 2017), An examination of the Australian genus Xerochrysum (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Nuytsia 28: 29 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Xerochrysum viscosum (Sieber ex DC.) 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): 172 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Xerochrysum viscosum (Sieber ex DC.) R.J.Bayer legitimate

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