Willdenow, C.L. (1800), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 3(1): 2395 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Java (v.s.)"

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlv. [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Sphaeranthus glaber DC. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 79 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 6 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sphaeranthus africanus L. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 263 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 314 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sphaeranthus africanus L. legitimate

Ross-Craig, S. (1962), Hooker's Icones Plantarum 36: 18-21 [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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