Gaertner, J. (1791), De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 2(3): 410, t. 167, fig. 3 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: See proposal to conserve by S.Rauschert, Taxon 35 (1986) 749–750 and recommendation by Committee for Spermatophyta in Taxon 38 (1989) 301–302.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 651 [secondary reference]

Baillon, H.E. (1882), Histoire des Plantes 8: 169, adnot. [basionym]

basionym of: Gnaphalium sect. Antennaria Baill. legitimate

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

pro parte taxonomic synonym: Raoulia Hook.f. ex Raoul legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 196 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 3: 448 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Antennaria dioica (L.) Gaertner

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 93, 230 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: From the Latin antenna (a sail-yard) referring to the feeler-like pappus bristles, which are usually thickened towards the end.

Anderberg, A.A. (1991), Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae). Opera Botanica 104: 96 [secondary reference]

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