Gray, A. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1851), Characters of some Gnaphalioid Compositae of the Division Angiantheae. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 3: 152 [primary reference]

• Type: "Swan River, Drummond 1846, 1848."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 565 [basionym]

basionym of: Angianthus phyllocephalus (A.Gray) Benth. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 367 [basionym]

basionym of: Styloncerus phyllocephalus (A.Gray) Kuntze legitimate

Short, P.S. (7 April 1983), A revision of Angianthus Wendl., sensu lato (Compositae: Inuleae: Gnaphaliinae), 1. Muelleria 5(2): 183 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Drummond 200, S.W. Australia, 1848 (K). ISOLECTOTYPES: GH (ex herb. Klatt), MEL 541595, MEL 541596"

Short, P.S. (7 April 1983), A revision of Angianthus Wendl., sensu lato (Compositae: Inuleae: Gnaphaliinae), 1. Muelleria 5(2): 183 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cephalosorus carpesioides (Turcz.) P.S.Short legitimate

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