Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(22): 137 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad rivos Tom River et Salt River. Maxw."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 648 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Helipterum spicatum var. pallens Benth. 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): 413 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rhodanthe spicata (Steetz) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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

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

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

taxonomic synonym of: Rhodanthe spicata (Steetz) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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