Hooker, J.D. (17 October 1856), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(3): 214, t. LX B. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(Gunn, 1169.) ... HAB. Summit of Mount Pearse, Surrey Hills, elev. 3,000 feet, Mount Sorrell [sic; Sorell], Macquarrie [sic; Macquarie] Harbour, MIlligan.—(Fl. Jan.)"

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 83 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 87 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 330 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Tas

Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N., Bruhl, J.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Wilson, Paul G. (2015), Phylogenetic relationships of Coronidium, Xerochrysum and several neglected Australian species of "Helichrysum" (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Taxon 64(1): 106, Fig. 5 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(designated here): From the summit of Mt Sorell [sic], Macquarie Harbour, 15 Jan 1847, J. Milligan 755, upper middle element on the sheet with roots attached (K barcode K000928522!; isolectotypes: K barcodes K000928518, K000928519 & K000928520)."

Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N., Bruhl, J.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Wilson, Paul G. (2015), Phylogenetic relationships of Coronidium, Xerochrysum and several neglected Australian species of "Helichrysum" (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Taxon 64(1): 106 [basionym]

basionym of: Xerochrysum milliganii (Hook.f.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 16 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Paul G. (20 January 2017), An examination of the Australian genus Xerochrysum (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Nuytsia 28: 31 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Xerochrysum milliganii (Hook.f.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Helichrysum milligani F.Muell. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Xerochrysum milliganii (Hook.f.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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): 179 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Mount Sorell [sic], Macquarie Harbour [Tasmania], 15 Jan. 1847, J. Milligan 755 (lecto, designated by A.N. Schmidt-Lebuhn et al., Taxon 64: 106 (2015): K 000928522*; isolecto: K 000928518, K 000928519, K 000928520, MEL 1585997; residual syntype: Mount Pearse, Surrey Hills, Tasmania, s. dat., R.C. Gunn 1169 (K))."

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): 179 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Xerochrysum milliganii (Hook.f.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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