Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(61): 45 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In parte occidentali montium Macdonnelli Australiae centralis; E. Giles."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 81 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 264 [secondary reference]

Lapinpuro, L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Helichrysum, Helipterum. Flora of Central Australia: 404 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 11 [secondary reference]

Wilson, P.G., Short, P.S. & Orchard, A.E. (16 April 1992), Some nomenclatural changes in the Angianthinae and Cassiniinae (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Muelleria 7(4): 521 [basionym]

basionym of: Ozothamnus thomsonii (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Puttock, C.F. (8 December 1994), Anatomy and morphology of Cremnothamnus (Asteraceae), a new genus for Helichrysum thomsonii. Australian Systematic Botany 7(6): 577 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Northern Territory: Central District (South): western portions of MacDonnell Ranges, central Australia, 1872, Giles s.n. (holo: MEL!)."

Puttock, C.F. (8 December 1994), Anatomy and morphology of Cremnothamnus (Asteraceae), a new genus for Helichrysum thomsonii. Australian Systematic Botany 7(6): 577 [basionym]

basionym of: Cremnothamnus thomsonii (F.Muell.) Puttock legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cremnothamnus thomsonii (F.Muell.) Puttock legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Helichrysum thomsoni F.Muell. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cremnothamnus thomsonii (F.Muell.) Puttock legitimate

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