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: "South-western Australia, Drummond."

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

basionym of: Angianthus pygmaeus (A.Gray) Benth. legitimate

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

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

Short, P.S. (7 April 1983), A revision of Angianthus Wendl., sensu lato (Compositae: Inuleae: Gnaphaliinae), 1. Muelleria 5(2): 175 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Drummond 59, S.W. Australia, s. dat. (K). ISOLECTOTYPES: GH (ex herb. Klatt), MEL 541610, NSW, PERTH"

Short, P.S. (7 April 1983), A revision of Angianthus Wendl., sensu lato (Compositae: Inuleae: Gnaphaliinae), 1. Muelleria 5(2): 175 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Angianthus pygmaeus (A.Gray) Benth. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

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

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