Rohr, J.P.B. von (1792), Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet 2: 214 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Elephantopus spicatus Aublet

Kleinschmidt, H.E. & Johnson, R.W. (1977), Weeds of Queensland: 437 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 83 [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: 164 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 706 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: NT (naturalised)

Ghafoor, A. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Cichorioideae Trib. 3. Vernonieae. Flora of Australia 37: 175-176 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from Greek pseudo (false), and Elephantopus, a related genus."

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