Gray, A. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1851), Characters of some Gnaphalioid Compositae of the Division Angiantheae. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 3: 149 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "South-western Australia, Drummond, 1850"

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 567 [basionym]

basionym of: Angianthus demissus (A.Gray) Benth. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 367 [basionym]

basionym of: Styloncerus demissus (A.Gray) Kuntze legitimate

Short, P.S. (7 April 1983), A revision of Angianthus Wendl., sensu lato (Compositae: Inuleae: Gnaphaliinae), 1. Muelleria 5(2): 181 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Drummond 58, S.W. Australia, 1850 (K) (label in Gray's hand, plus drawings). ISOLECTOTYPES: GH (ex herb. Klatt), K (ex herb. Benth.), KW, MEL 541627, MEL 84428, NSW, PERTH (2 sheets)."

Short, P.S. (7 April 1983), A revision of Angianthus Wendl., sensu lato (Compositae: Inuleae: Gnaphaliinae), 1. Muelleria 5(2): 181 [basionym]

basionym of: Epitriche demissus (A.Gray) P.S.Short legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Skirrophorus demissus A.Gray orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Epitriche demissus (A.Gray) P.S.Short legitimate

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