Mueller, F.J.H. von (July 1890), Descriptions of new Australian plants, with occasional other annotations. The Victorian Naturalist 7(3): 38 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Tempe-Downs, R. Thornton; near Georgina-River, Alfr. Henry; Finke-River, Rev. H. Kempe; Lady Charlotte's Waters and west of Eringa, W. Tietkens; Nullarbor-Plains, J. Batt; Mount Moore, Edwin Merrall; remotest eastern sources of Swan River, Miss Alice Eaton."

Tate, R. (July 1895), A supplement to a census of the flora of extra-tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 19: 81 [secondary reference]

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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: 406, Fig. 524 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 167 [secondary reference]

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Wilson, Paul G. (7 September 1992), The Classification of Australian species currently included in Helipterum and related genera (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae): Part 2: Leucochrysum. Nuytsia 8(3): 444 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Finke River, Kempe 408 (MEL 110456).",

Wilson, Paul G. (7 September 1992), The Classification of Australian species currently included in Helipterum and related genera (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae): Part 2: Leucochrysum. Nuytsia 8(3): 444 [basionym]

basionym of: Leucochrysum fitzgibbonii (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Moore, P. (2005), A guide to plants of inland Australia: 119 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Leucochrysum fitzgibbonii (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Helipterum fitzgibboni F.Muell. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Leucochrysum fitzgibbonii (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Weber, X.A. & Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N. (23 December 2015), Generic boundaries of Leucochrysum and Waitzia (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Australian Systematic Botany 28(4): 212 [basionym]

basionym of: Waitzia fitzgibbonii (F.Muell.) X.A.Weber & Schmidt-Leb. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Waitzia fitzgibbonii (F.Muell.) X.A.Weber & Schmidt-Leb. legitimate

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