Cassini, A.H.G. de (September 1818), Aperçu des genres nouveaux formés dans la famille des Synanthérées: neuvième fascicule. Bulletin des Sciences par la Societe Philomatique de Paris 1818: 139 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Epaltes divaricata (L.) Cass.

Cassini, A.H.G. de in Cuvier, F. (ed.) (1819), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles Edn. 2, 15: 6 [secondary reference]

Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von & Chamisso, L.K.A. von (1830), Plantarum Mexicanarum. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 5: 148 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 529 [secondary reference]

pro parte taxonomic synonym: Sphaeromorphaea DC. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Ethuliopsis F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 79, 142 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ethuliopsis F.Muell. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Sphaeromorphaea DC. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 335 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Erigerodes Kuntze nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 201 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 263 [secondary reference]

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Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 618 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Probably from Greek epalthes, healing; the root of E. divaricata (L.) Cass., an Indian species, is used as a tonic."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 894 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 376 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 77 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Compositae (Asteraceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 395 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 528 [secondary reference]

Lawrence, M.E. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Acanthospermum - Gnaphalium. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 943 [secondary reference]

Porteners, M.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Epaltes. Flora of New South Wales 3: 203 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 724 [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: 386 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 308 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Sphaeromorphaea DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ethuliopsis F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Epaltes sect. Ethuliopsis F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.

• APC Comment: Sphaeromorphaea is recognised as a distinct taxon in NT and Vic.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: A widespread taxon previously recorded for Australia. Australian taxa formerly placed in this genus are now placed in several other genera in the Asteraceae.

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