Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 863 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: Although the genus name Erigeron was assigned neuter gender by Linnaeus when first published, it is here treated as masculine following ICN Art. 62 *Ex. 1 (Shenzhen Code, 2018).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 371 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 493 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 79 [secondary reference]

pro parte taxonomic synonym: Haplopappus Cass. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 182, 186-187, 201, 202, 203 [secondary reference]

common name: Flea Bane [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 262 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 3: 436 [secondary reference]

• Type: Erigeron acris L.

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 114-115 [secondary reference]

common name: Fleabane [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 594 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greco-Latin name of the Groundsel, from Greek eri, early; geron, an old man: alluding to perhaps to the bald receptacles after seeding."

Cronquist, A.J. (1947), Revision of the North American species of Erigeron, north of Mexico. Brittonia 6: 121-300 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 864 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 380 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 311 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 299-300 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 355 [secondary reference]

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Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 3: 1378 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Podocoma R.Br. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1025 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 77 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Compositae (Asteraceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 376 [secondary reference]

Lawrence, M.E. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Acanthospermum - Gnaphalium. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 945 [secondary reference]

Porteners, M.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Erigeron. Flora of New South Wales 3: 175 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 379 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Erigeron. Flora of Victoria 4: 882 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 505 [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: 340-341 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 314 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Aplopappus Cass. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Haplopappus Cass. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pappochroma Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Erigeron sect. Euerigeron F.Muell. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Lagenopappus G.L.Nesom legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lagenithrix G.L.Nesom legitimate

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

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Erigeron [unranked] Caenotus Nutt. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Conyza Less. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Erigeron sect. Caenotus (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray legitimate taxonomic synonym: Erigeron sect. Euerigeron F.Muell. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Erigeron sect. Coenotus Benth. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Erigeron sect. Euerigeron Benth. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Conyza sect. Caenotus (Nutt.) Cronquist ex Cuatrec. legitimate

• APC Comment: Conyza is recognised as a separate taxon in WA and Tas.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), CoI (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

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