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: 176 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "South-western Australia, Drummond"

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 572 [basionym]

basionym of: Gnephosis pygmaea (A.Gray) Benth. legitimate

Elliot, W.R. & Jones, D.L. (1993), Encyclopaedia of Australian plants suitable for cultivation 6: 471 [basionym]

basionym of: Myriocephalus pygmaeus (A.Gray) P.S.Short legitimate

Short, P.S. (9 November 2000), Notes on Myriocephalus Benth. s. lat. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(5): 735 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Myriocephalus pygmaeus (A.Gray) P.S.Short legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Myriocephalus pygmaeus (A.Gray) P.S.Short legitimate

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