Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 839 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in America."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(34): 62 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 462 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 77 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 258 [secondary reference]

common name: Billygoat plant [n/a]

Koster, J.T. (1935), The Compositae of the Malay Archipelago. I. Vernonieae and Eupatorieae. Blumea 1(3): 84-490 [secondary reference]

Johnson, M.F. (1971), Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 58: 26-33 [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): 263 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 71 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 503-504 [secondary reference]

common name: Billygoat Weed [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 9 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Orchard, A.E. (1993), Asteraceae. Flora of Australia 50: 410 [secondary reference]

common name: Goatweed [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 402 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Eupatorium cannabinum L. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1921), A few notes on the botany of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 45(4): 566 common name: Nightshade [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 301 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 57 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 3021 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 79 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Top [n/a] common name: Billygoat Weed [n/a]

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

misapplication: Eupatorium cannabinum L. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1921), A few notes on the botany of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 45(4): 566

• APC Comment: Varietal rank not recognised on ChI, LHI or NI.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)

Wilson, K.L. (August 2016), Report of the General Committee: 14. Taxon 65(4): 878 [secondary reference]

• Text: "The following conservation and rejection proposals... are approved... (1905) cons. Ageratum conyzoides (typ. cons.)"

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