Linnaeus, C. in Murray, J.A. (ed.) (1774), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 13: 610 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Verbesina acmella L. legitimate

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlv [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(34): 63 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson legitimate

Orchard, A.E. (21 December 2012), The Australian species of Blainvillea Cass. (Asteraceae: Ecliptinae). Austrobaileya 8(4): 6652 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson legitimate

Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Trib. Heliantheae Subtrib. 4. Spilanthinae. Flora of Australia 37: 544 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Acmella grandiflora var. brachyglossa (Benth.) R.K.Jansen legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(34): 63

Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Blainvillea. Flora of Australia 37: 500 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson legitimate

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

misapplied to: Acmella grandiflora var. brachyglossa (Benth.) R.K.Jansen legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(34): 63

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