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: 148 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Georgetown, Van Diemen's Land, Gunn."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 567 [basionym]

basionym of: Angianthus eriocephalus (Hook.f. ex A.Gray) Benth. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 367 [basionym]

basionym of: Styloncerus eriocephalus (A.Gray) Kuntze legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 82 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Angianthus preissianus (Steetz) Benth. legitimate

Short, P.S. (7 April 1983), A revision of Angianthus Wendl., sensu lato (Compositae: Inuleae: Gnaphaliinae), 1. Muelleria 5(2): 176 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Gunn 1973, George Town, 21.xi.1842 (K). ISOLECTOTYPES: HO, NSW, NSW p.p. (lack's collectors no. but cites Georgetown and the dates 21.xi.42 & 10.i.43, i.e. a mixed collection). POSSIBLE ISOLECTOTYPES: GH (several collections ex herb. Hook. f. but each lacks collection date, collector's no. and gives the location only as Tasmania or "VDL")."

Short, P.S. (7 April 1983), A revision of Angianthus Wendl., sensu lato (Compositae: Inuleae: Gnaphaliinae), 1. Muelleria 5(2): 176 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Angianthus preissianus (Steetz) Benth. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 22 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Angianthus preissianus (Steetz) Benth. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Skirrophorus eriocephalus A.Gray orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Angianthus preissianus (Steetz) Benth. legitimate

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