Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1838), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 245 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Novâ-Hollandiâ interiori ad Molle's plains prope Lachlan flum. julio flor. legit cl. A. Cunningham. ... (v.s. comm. à cl. inv.)"

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1842), Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 16: 223 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pteropogon australis Nees nom. illeg.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (24 October 1854), Second general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the Colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 12 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (October 1859), Report on the Plants Collected During Mr. Babbage's Expedition into the North West Interior of South Australia in 1858. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly 3(1): 14 [basionym]

basionym of: Helipterum pygmaeum (DC.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 647 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Helipterum pygmaeum (DC.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 647 [basionym]

basionym of: Helipterum pygmaeum (DC.) Benth. isonym

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

basionym of: Argyrocome pygmaea (DC.) Kuntze legitimate

Lapinpuro, L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Helichrysum, Helipterum. Flora of Central Australia: 407 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Helipterum pygmaeum (DC.) F.Muell. 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): 398 [basionym]

basionym of: Rhodanthe pygmaea (DC.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Short, P.S. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Rhodanthe. Flora of Victoria 4: 756 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Rhodanthe pygmaea (DC.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Pteropogon pygmaeus F.Muell. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Rhodanthe pygmaea (DC.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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