Steetz, J. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Compositae. Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 445 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In solo limoso arenoso ad fluvium Avon haud procul ab oppidulo York, d. 10. Sept. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 2414b."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 582 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Chthonocephalus drummondii A.Gray legitimate

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 2: 4 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 203 [secondary reference]

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]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 932 [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): 263 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 711 [secondary reference]

common name: Ground-heads [n/a]

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, Fig. 496 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 165 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 10 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. (30 March 1990), A revision of the genus Chthonocephalus Steetz (Asteraceae: Inuleae: Gnaphaliinae). Muelleria 7(2): 232 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Preiss 2414 (MEL 543283).

taxonomic synonym: Chthonocephalus drummondii A.Gray legitimate

Brown, E.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Asteraceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3: 262, pl.14 [secondary reference]

common name: Ground-heads [n/a]

Short, P.S. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Chthonocephalus. Flora of Victoria 4: 805-806, Fig. 160b APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Chthonocephalus drummondii A.Gray legitimate common name: Ground-heads [n/a]

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

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