Gray, A. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1852), Characters of some South-west Australian Compositae. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 4: 268 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Swan River, Drummond"

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 649 [basionym]

basionym of: Helipterum polycephalum (A.Gray) Benth. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 309 [basionym]

basionym of: Argyrocome polycephala (A.Gray) Kuntze legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. (7 September 1992), The Classification of Australian species currently included in Helipterum and related genera (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae): Part 1. Nuytsia 8(3): 404 [basionym]

basionym of: Rhodanthe polycephala (A.Gray) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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