Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1838), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 215 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Wilson, Paul G. (7 September 1992), The Classification of Australian species currently included in Helipterum and related genera (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae): Part 2: Leucochrysum. Nuytsia 8(3): 441 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Helipterum albicans (Cunn.) DC.",

Wilson, Paul G. (7 September 1992), The Classification of Australian species currently included in Helipterum and related genera (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae): Part 2: Leucochrysum. Nuytsia 8(3): 461 [basionym]

basionym of: Leucochrysum (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Leucochrysum (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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