Loureiro, J. de (1790), Flora Cochinchinensis Edn. 1, 2: 475, 496 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Moore, S. le M. (1905), Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 43: 141 [secondary reference]

Merrill, E.D. (1935), A commentary on Loureiro's Flora Cochinchinensis. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, n. ser 24(2): 24 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Placus tomentosus Lour.

Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 3: 1352 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Blumea DC. nom. cons.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Blumea DC. nom. cons.

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