Jacquin, N.J. von (1760), Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum: 8, 28 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Wedelia fruticosa Jacq.

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 9192).

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1836), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 540 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 537-539 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Wollastonia DC. ex Decne. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 83 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Wollastonia DC. ex Decne. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 364 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Seruneum Rumph. ex Kuntze nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 181 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 271 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 119-120, 235 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Named after G.W. Wedel, a botanical professor at Jena in the 17th century.

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 875 [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: 387 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 302 [secondary reference]

Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 3: 1607 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Seruneum Rumph. ex Kuntze nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 88 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Compositae (Asteraceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 380-381 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 557 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 318 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pascalia Ortega legitimate

Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Wedelia. Flora of New South Wales 3: 273-274 [secondary reference]

Wilson, A.J.G. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Minuria - Xanthium. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 960 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Orchard, A.E. (1993), Asteraceae. Flora of Australia 50: 418 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 971 [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: 459 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 906 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Seruneum Rumph. ex Kuntze nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Orchard, A.E. (25 July 2013), The Wollastonia/Melanthera/Wedelia generic complex (Asteraceae: Ecliptinae), with particular reference to Australia and Malesia. Nuytsia 23: 375 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Aspilia Thouars legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Seruneum Rumph. ex Kuntze nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Orchard, A.E. (25 July 2013), The Wollastonia/Melanthera/Wedelia generic complex (Asteraceae: Ecliptinae), with particular reference to Australia and Malesia. Nuytsia 23: 406 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Apowollastonia Orchard legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 537-539

Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Apowollastonia. Flora of Australia 37: 524 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Apowollastonia Orchard legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 537-539

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