Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1836), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 370 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "ad ripas flum. Alligatorum in sinu Van-Diemen ad oram Australiae borealem legit cl. Cunningham. ... (v.s. comm. à cl. Cunningham.)"

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 522 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sphaeranthus microcephalus Willd. legitimate

Ross-Craig, S. (1962), Hooker's Icones Plantarum 36: 18 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sphaeranthus africanus L. legitimate

Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Sphaeranthus. Flora of Australia 37: 421 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sphaeranthus africanus L. legitimate

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