Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1838), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 195 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Nova-Hollandia"

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

basionym of: Gnaphalium ciliatum (DC.) Sch.Bip. legitimate

Steetz, J. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Compositae. Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 474 [basionym]

basionym of: Chrysocephalum ciliatum (DC.) Steetz legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 625 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Helichrysum semipapposum (Labill.) DC. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Chrysocephalum semipapposum (Labill.) Steetz legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Chrysocephalum semipapposum (Labill.) Steetz legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. (13 May 2016), A taxonomic treatment of Chrysocephalum apiculatum and C. semipapposum (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Nuytsia 27: 67 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "here designated: ‘ad portum Western ad fretum Bass, legit cl. d’Urville, exped. de l’Astrolabe, 1829 [?]’; Port Western, Bass Strait, Dumont d’Urville s.n., Expedition of the Astrolabe, 1829 [1826] (lecto: G-DC G 00471285 image seen; isolecto: P 00698455 image seen)."

Wilson, Paul G. (13 May 2016), A taxonomic treatment of Chrysocephalum apiculatum and C. semipapposum (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Nuytsia 27: 67 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Chrysocephalum semipapposum subsp. lineare Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Chrysocephalum semipapposum subsp. lineare Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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