Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 637 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Viraya podolepis Gaudich. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Leptorhynchos podolepis (Gaudich.) DC. legitimate

• Comment: Bentham attributes the name to "Steetz in Pl. Preiss. i.450." J.Steetz in J.G.C.Lehmann, Pl. Preiss. 1: 450 (1845) indicates his intention to transfer Leptorhynchos podolepis (Gaudich.) DC. to the genus Waitzia but does not make the combination.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 80 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1883), The plants indigenous around Sharks Bay and its vicinity. Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 16 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1896), Zeitschrift des Allgemeine Osterreichische Apotheker-Vereines 34(36): 933-936 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 170 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Paul G. (7 September 1992), The Classification of Australian species currently included in Helipterum and related genera (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae): Part 1. Nuytsia 8(3): 425 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Haptotrichion conicum (B.L.Turner) Paul G.Wilson legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1883), The plants indigenous around Sharks Bay and its vicinity. Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 16

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Haptotrichion conicum (B.L.Turner) Paul G.Wilson legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1896), Zeitschrift des Allgemeine Osterreichische Apotheker-Vereines 34(36): 933-936

Wilson, Paul G. (7 September 1992), The classification of the genus Waitzia Wendl. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Nuytsia 8(3): 472 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Collected by Gaudichaud at Shark Bay (P'Baie de Ch.Marin, C.Gaudichaud'). (Figures 1B,2E).",

nomenclatural synonym: Viraya podolepis Gaudich. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Leptorhynchos podolepis (Gaudich.) DC. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Waitzia corymbosa J.C.Wendl. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1896), Zeitschrift des Allgemeine Osterreichische Apotheker-Vereines 34(36): 935

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

nomenclatural synonym: Viraya podolepis Gaudich. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Leptorrhynchos podolepis DC. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Leptorhynchos podolepis (Gaudich.) DC. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Waitzia corymbosa J.C.Wendl. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1896), Zeitschrift des Allgemeine Osterreichische Apotheker-Vereines 34(36): 935

• APC Dist.: WA

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