Steetz, J. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Compositae. Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 443 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In colliculis arenosis insulae Rottennest, mense Aug. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 32. (Specimina florentia). In Nova Hollandia leg. cl. Ferd. Bauer. (V.s. in herb. aulico Vindobonnensi.) In insula van Diemen leg. cl. Gunn. Herb. Gunn. No. 433."

• Comment: Published as `β virescens'.

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 32 (MEL 543271, ex herb. Steetz). Isolectotypes: S (S-G- 3639), P."

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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