Steetz, J. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Compositae. Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 442 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In clivulis arenosis ad maris litora, haud procul ab oppidulo Fremantle. Exeunte Januario, 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 31. In Nova Hollandia leg. cl. Ferd. Bauer."

• Comment: Published as `α candidissima'.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (October 1859), Report on the Plants Collected During Mr. Babbage's Expedition into the North West Interior of South Australia in 1858. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly 3(1): 13 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Calocephalus brownii (Cass.) F.Muell. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Leucophyta brownii Cass. legitimate

Short, P.S. (15 December 2016), Notes concerning the classification of species included in Calocephalus R.Br. s.lat. and Gnephosis Cass. s.lat. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), with descriptions of new genera and species. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 29: 208 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "here designated): J.A.L. Preiss 31 (MEL 543270, ex herb. Steetz). Isolectotypes: G 00222881, LD 1052804, MEL 543269, P (3 sheets, one ex herb. Schulz–Bip., one ex herb. Drake, the latter P 00715987)."

Short, P.S. (15 December 2016), Notes concerning the classification of species included in Calocephalus R.Br. s.lat. and Gnephosis Cass. s.lat. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), with descriptions of new genera and species. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 29: 208 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leucophyta brownii Cass. legitimate

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