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: 177 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "South-western Australia, Drummond."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 582 [basionym]

basionym of: Chthonocephalus pygmaeus (A.Gray) Benth. legitimate

Short, P.S. (20 May 1981), Pollen-ovule ratios, breeding systems and distribution patterns of some Australian Gnaphaliinae (Compositae: Inuleae). Muelleria 4(4): 413 [basionym]

basionym of: Siloxerus pygmaeus (A.Gray) P.S.Short legitimate

Short, P.S. (7 April 1983), A revision of Angianthus Wendl., sensu lato (Compositae: Inuleae: Gnaphaliinae), 2. Muelleria 5(3): 208 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Drummond 55, S.W. Australia, 1850 (K). ISOLECTOTYPES: GH (ex herb. Klatt), MEL 542228, PERTH (ex herb. K, ex herb. TCD)."

Short, P.S. (7 April 1983), A revision of Angianthus Wendl., sensu lato (Compositae: Inuleae: Gnaphaliinae), 2. Muelleria 5(3): 208 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Siloxerus pygmaeus (A.Gray) P.S.Short legitimate

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