Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1838), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 295 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Senecio valerianifolius Link ex Spreng. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1907), Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 18(2): 76, t. VIII [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 275 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1930), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1239 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Senecio valerianifolius Link ex Spreng. legitimate

Belcher, R.O. (1956), A Revision of the Genus Erechtites (Compositae) with Inquiries into Senecio and Arrhenechthites. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 43: 25-26 [secondary reference]

Koster, J.T. (1980), The Compositae of New Guinea VII. Blumea 26(1): 242-243 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 77 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 572, Fig. 80G [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Senecio valerianifolius Link ex Spreng. legitimate common name: Brazilian Fireweed [n/a]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Erechtites. Flora of New South Wales 3: 296 [secondary reference]

common name: Brazilian Fireweed [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 396 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Senecio valerianifolius Link ex Spreng. legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 302 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 57 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 3448 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 82 [secondary reference]

common name: Federal Fireweed [n/a] common name: Brazilian Fireweed [n/a]

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

orthographic variant: Erechtites valerianaefolia DC. orth. var. orthographic variant: Erechthites valerianifolia Domin orth. var. orthographic variant: Erechtites valerianifolia S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Pickard orth. var. orthographic variant: Erechthites valerianaefolia A.D.Chapm. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Senecio valerianaefolius Spreng. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Senecio valerianifolius Link ex Spreng. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio valerianifolius Wolf nom. inval., nom. nud.

• APC Comment: Infraspecific rank not recognised in NSW.
• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised)

Funez, L.A., Hassemer, G., Peroni, N. & Drechsler-Santos, E.R. (4 March 2021), Taxonomic notes on Erechtites (Asteraceae: Senecioneae). Phytotaxa 489(2): 166-167, Fig. 6 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Senecio valerianifolius Link ex Spreng. legitimate

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