Sonder, O.W. (April 1853), Plantae Muellerianae. Beitrag zur Flora Sudaustraliens, aus den Sammlungen des Dr. Ferd. Muller. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 25(4): 477 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Kensington."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 516 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 77 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 185 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 586, Fig. 245 K [secondary reference]

Davis, G.L. (26 October 1948), Revision of the genus Brachycome Cass. Part I. Australian species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 73(3-4): 159-160 [secondary reference]

Davis, G.L. in Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 855, Fig. 1152, S [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 647-648, Fig. 64b [secondary reference]

common name: Weak Daisy [n/a]

• Comment: Cited as Brachycome debilis.

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 72 [secondary reference]

• Comment: Cited as 'Brachycome debilis'

Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Brachycome. Flora of New South Wales 3: 163 [secondary reference]

common name: Weak Daisy [n/a]

Salkin, E., Thomlinson, G., Armstrong, B. & Courtney, B. (ed.) (1995), Australian Brachyscomes: 84 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Brachyscome. Flora of Victoria 4: 844-845, Fig. 170d [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Brachyscome leptocarpa F.Muell. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Brachycome debilis Sond. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Brachycome leptocarpa F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Brachyscome leptocarpa F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Brachyscome leptocarpa F.Muell. isonym misapplication: Brachyscome exilis Sond. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 516

• APC Comment: Brachycome leptocarpa is treated as a distinct taxon in NSW.
• APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic

Short, P.S. (1 December 2014), A taxonomic review of Brachyscome Cass. s.lat. (Asteraceae: Astereae), including description of a new genus, Roebuckia, new species and new infraspecific taxa. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 28: 85-87, Fig. 2J, K [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(here designated): Kensington, St Vincents Gulf, Nov. 1838, F. Mueller (MEL 220809 p.p., excluding specimen labelled as "Glenelg, St Vincents Gulf"), Isolectotype: ?K 000882212."

taxonomic synonym: Brachyscome leptocarpa F.Muell. isonym pro parte misapplication: Brachyscome exilis Sond. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 516

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