Candolle, A.P. de & Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de (1805), Flore Francaise Edn. 3, 4: 109 [primary reference]

• Type: Leuzea conifera (L.) DC.

Gaudichaud-Beaupre, C. (28 November 1829), Voyage Autour du Monde ... sur les Corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne. Botanique 11: 462 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 457 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 85 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Centaurea L. legitimate

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 81 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Named by the botanist De Candolle after his friend De Leuze.

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 81 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 585 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 370, 408 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Rhaponticum Vaill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stemmacantha Cass. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Rhaponticum Vaill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Rhapontica Hill orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Stemmacantha Cass. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acroptilon Cass. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acroptilion Endl. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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