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, adnot. [tax. nov.]

• Type: (none cited – see below).

• Comment: No type or distribution indicated by Lessing, however de Candolle, Prodr. 5 (1836) 462 reports it as Australian and cited a Cunningham specimen. Lessing expands his description in Syn. Gen. Composit. (1832) 206.

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1836), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 462 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (24 October 1854), Second general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the Colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 12 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 530 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sphaeromorphaea petiolaris DC. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 530 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Epaltes cunninghamii (Hook.) Benth. legitimate by Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1836), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 462

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

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

basionym of: Erigerodes australis (Less.) Kuntze legitimate

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]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 84 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 618-619, Fig. 280 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1930), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1217-1218 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Erigerodes australis (Less.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphaeromorphaea petiolaris DC. legitimate

Kitamura, S. (1936), Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 5(4): 276 [basionym]

basionym of: Sphaeromorphaea australis (Less.) Kitam. legitimate

Kitamura, S. (1937), An Enumeration of Compositae of Formosa: III. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 6(2): 80 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaeromorphaea australis (Less.) Kitam. legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 895, Fig. 1199 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 313 [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]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 264 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 699 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 685 [secondary reference]

common name: Nut-heads [n/a] common name: Spreading Nut-heads [n/a]

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, Fig. 511 [secondary reference]

common name: Spreading nut-heads [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 165 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 528, Fig. 74D [secondary reference]

common name: Epaltes [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 10 [secondary reference]

Lawrence, M.E. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Acanthospermum - Gnaphalium. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 943-945, Fig. 286P, 288B [secondary reference]

Porteners, M.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Epaltes. Flora of New South Wales 3: 203-204 [secondary reference]

common name: Spreading Nut-heads [n/a]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 66 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 725, Fig. 140c [secondary reference]

common name: Spreading Nut-heads [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Asteraceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 187 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaeromorphaea australis (Less.) Kitam. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Sphaeromorphaea australis (Less.) Kitam. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphaeromorphaea petiolaris DC. legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as Sphaeromorphaea australis in WA, NT and Vic.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 511 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaeromorphaea australis (Less.) Kitam. legitimate

Bean, A.R. (17 December 2013), Reinstatement and revision of Sphaeromorphaea DC. and Ethuliopsis F.Muell. (Asteraceae: Plucheinae). Austrobaileya 9(1): 40 [secondary reference]

• Neotype: (here designated): Australia: New South Wales, Myall Creek road, Bungawalbin National Park, c. 22 km SSE of Casino, 30 December 2011, A.R. Bean 31450 (neo: BRI [1 sheet + spirit]; iso: CANB, E, K, MEL, NSW, RSA, US, W).

Bean, A.R. (17 December 2013), Reinstatement and revision of Sphaeromorphaea DC. and Ethuliopsis F.Muell. (Asteraceae: Plucheinae). Austrobaileya 9(1): 40 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaeromorphaea australis (Less.) Kitam. legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (3 October 2014), Appendix A. Name and status changes 2013 census to 2014 census. Census of the Queensland Flora: 18 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaeromorphaea australis (Less.) Kitam. legitimate

Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Sphaeromorphaea. Flora of Australia 37: 403 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaeromorphaea australis (Less.) Kitam. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Sphaeromorphaea littoralis (Retz.) A.R.Bean legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 699

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Sphaeromorphaea littoralis (Retz.) A.R.Bean legitimate by Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 725, Fig. 140c

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaeromorphaea australis (Less.) Kitam. legitimate

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