Steetz, J. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Compositae. Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 444 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Chthonocephalus pseudevax Steetz

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 581 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Gyrostephium Turcz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chamaesphaerion A.Gray legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lachnothalamus F.Muell. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Gyrostephium Turcz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chamaesphaerion A.Gray legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lachnothalamus F.Muell. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 271 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 89 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 651 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek khthon, khthonos, earth, ground; kephale, a head: the heads rest on the ground."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 932 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 75 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Compositae (Craspedia to Actinobole). Flora of Central Australia: 387 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. (30 March 1990), A revision of the genus Chthonocephalus Steetz (Asteraceae: Inuleae: Gnaphaliinae). Muelleria 7(2): 225 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lachnothalamus F.Muell. legitimate

Anderberg, A.A. (1991), Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae). Opera Botanica 104: 128 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lachnothalamus F.Muell. legitimate

Brown, E.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Asteraceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3: 262 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Chthonocephalus. Flora of Victoria 4: 805 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 261 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 186 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Lachnothalamus F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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