Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1838), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 216 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Helichrysum humboldtianum Gaudich. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 645 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Helichrysum humboldtianum Gaudich. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Schoenia humboldtiana (Gaudich.) Walp. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Pteropogon humboldtianus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Helipterum sandfordii Hook. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Helipterum largiflorens F.Muell. legitimate

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

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 625 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 903 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 318 [secondary reference]

doubtful taxonomic synonym: Helipterum haigii F.Muell. legitimate

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

Cooke, D.A. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Compositae (Asteraceae). Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1543 [secondary reference]

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): 396 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Rhodanthe humboldtiana (Gaudich.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Moore, P. (2005), A guide to plants of inland Australia: 131 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Rhodanthe humboldtiana (Gaudich.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Rhodanthe humboldtiana (Gaudich.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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

misapplied to: Rhodanthe haigii (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate by Cooke, D.A. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Compositae (Asteraceae). Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1543

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