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): 473 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in deserto trans fl. Murray."

• Comment: Published as `β scabrida '.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 516 [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): 217 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "across R. Murray, "desert", D. Schulzen (?), 1848"

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): 217 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Brachyscome exilis Sond. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Brachycome exilis var. scabrida Sond. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Brachyscome exilis Sond. legitimate

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: 95 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(here designated): In deserto trans fl. Murray, ?1848, Schulzen (MEL 692635 p.p., the lectotype being the lower right element and associated fragments"

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: 94 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Brachyscome exilis Sond. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Brachyscome exilis Sond. legitimate

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