Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 303 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Melampodium australe Loefl. legitimate

Anderson, R.H. (8 August 1939), The naturalised flora of New South Wales (excluding Gramineae). Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(1): 31 [secondary reference]

Anonymous (1977), Annual Report for 1976/77. Annual Report of the Botany Branch and the Queensland Herbarium: 10 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 70 [secondary reference]

Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Acanthospermum. Flora of New South Wales 3: 266 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Melampodium australe Loefl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Centrospermum xanthioides Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acanthospermum xanthioides (Kunth) DC. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Asteroideae Trib. 12. Millerieae. Flora of Australia 37: 577, Fig. 86A-B, map [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Melampodium australe Loefl. legitimate

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