Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1838), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 188 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Novae-Cambriae australis arenosis littoreis ad Moreton-bay latit. grad. 27½ Oct. flor. legit cl. A. Cunningham"

Schultz, C.(K.)H. 'Bipontinus' (14 March 1845), Ueber die Gattung Gnaphalium L. Botanische Zeitung 3: 171 [basionym]

basionym of: Gnaphalium macrocephalum (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Sch.Bip. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 620 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Helichrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Andrews legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Gnaphalium macrocephalum (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Sch.Bip. legitimate

• APC Comment: A name of uncertain application.

Wilson, Paul G. (20 January 2017), An examination of the Australian genus Xerochrysum (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Nuytsia 28: 36 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Moreton Bay, Queensland, sandy shores, Oct. 1824, A. Cunningham 121 (holo: G-DC G 00328540 image!)"

nomenclatural synonym: Gnaphalium macrocephalum (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Sch.Bip. legitimate

• Text: "[probably a variant of X. bracteatum]"

Collins, T.L., Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N., Andrew, R.L., Telford, I.R.H. & Bruhl, J.J. (9 June 2022), There’s gold in them thar hills! Morphology and molecules delimit species in Xerochrysum (Asteraceae; Gnaphalieae) and reveal many new taxa. Australian Systematic Botany 35(2): 182-183 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Sandy shores of Moreton Bay, N.S. Wales [Queensland] lat. 27.5 S, Oct. 1824, A. Cunningham 121 (holo: G-DC G00328540*)."

Collins, T.L., Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N., Andrew, R.L., Telford, I.R.H. & Bruhl, J.J. (9 June 2022), There’s gold in them thar hills! Morphology and molecules delimit species in Xerochrysum (Asteraceae; Gnaphalieae) and reveal many new taxa. Australian Systematic Botany 35(2): 182 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Xerochrysum sp. North Stradbroke Island (L.Durrington 675) NE Herbarium [n/a]

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