Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(66): 168 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In vicinia lacus Amadei, Giles; prope lacum Lefroyi, Forrest."

• Etymology: "Species nunc geret nomen F. A. Charsley, quae multas plantas pulchritudine eximias circum urbem Melbourne se ipsa selectas eleganter delineavit et pinxit, tunc sua manu lapidi incidit et in opere 'Wild Flowers around Melbourne' edidit." [i.e. named for Fanny Anne Charsley (1828–1915)]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 81 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 627 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 906 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 264 [secondary reference]

Lapinpuro, L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Helichrysum, Helipterum. Flora of Central Australia: 409, Fig. 525 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 167 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 11 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Paul G. (7 September 1992), The Classification of Australian species currently included in Helipterum and related genera (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae): Part 1. Nuytsia 8(3): 413 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Lake Lefroy, State Well, A.Forrest (MEL 110714).",

Wilson, Paul G. (7 September 1992), The Classification of Australian species currently included in Helipterum and related genera (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae): Part 1. Nuytsia 8(3): 413 [basionym]

basionym of: Rhodanthe charsleyae (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Moore, P. (2005), A guide to plants of inland Australia: 128 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Rhodanthe charsleyae (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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