Brown, R. in Sims, J. (1824), Botanical Magazine 51: t. 2459 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Ammobium alatum R.Br.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 583 [secondary reference]

Baillon, H.E. (1882), Histoire des Plantes 8: 175 [basionym]

basionym of: Helichrysum sect. Ammobium (R.Br.) Baill. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 82 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 203 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 268 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 80 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: From the Greek ammos (sand) and bio (to live).

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 343 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 71 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 543 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A. (26 September 1990), Nablonium is a congener of Ammobium (Asteraceae-Gnaphalieae). Telopea 4(1): 129-135 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A. (1991), Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae). Opera Botanica 104: 83, 85 [secondary reference]

Brown, E.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Ammobium. Flora of New South Wales 3: 251 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 284 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Nablonium Cass. legitimate

Anderberg, A.A. (30 September 1992), In defence of the transfer of Nablonium to Ammobium (Asteraceae-Gnaphalieae), a reply to Orchard. Telopea 5(1): 13-19 [secondary reference]

Orchard, A.E. (30 September 1992), Ammobium and Nablonium (Asteraeae - Gnaphalieae) - an alternative view. Telopea 5(1): 1-12 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 732 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 253, Fig. 63L [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Nablonium Cass. legitimate

Stuessy, T.F. & Konig, C. (2008), Patrocladistic classification. Taxon 57(2): 596 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 37 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Nablonium Cass. legitimate

Horandl, E. & Stuessy, T.F. (2010), Classification of paraphyletic groups. Taxon 59(6): 1646 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Helichrysum sect. Ammobium (R.Br.) Baill. legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), Qld, NSW (native and naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic, Tas (naturalised)

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