Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 920 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 391 [secondary reference]

Lessing, C.F. (1832), Synopsis Generum Compositarum: 220 [secondary reference]

• Type: Chrysogonum virginianum L.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 83 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Moonia Arn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pentalepis F.Muell. legitimate

Stuessy, T.F. (1977), Rhodora: 190-202 [secondary reference]

Lawrence, M.E. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Acanthospermum - Gnaphalium. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 940-941 [secondary reference]

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