Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 625 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

taxonomic synonym: Chrysocephalum flavissimum (Sieber ex Spreng.) Steetz legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chrysocephalum squarrulosum (DC.) Steetz legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chrysocephalum glabratum Turcz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chrysocephalum canescens Turcz. legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 912 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Helichrysum apiculatum subsp. occidentalis A.D.Chapm. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Labill.) Steetz legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. (13 May 2016), A taxonomic treatment of Chrysocephalum apiculatum and C. semipapposum (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Nuytsia 27: 72 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "here designated: J. Drummond 115 (K 00899295 image seen; isolecto: KW 001001506 image seen)."

Wilson, Paul G. (13 May 2016), A taxonomic treatment of Chrysocephalum apiculatum and C. semipapposum (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Nuytsia 27: 71 [basionym]

basionym of: Chrysocephalum semipapposum subsp. occidentale (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Chrysocephalum semipapposum subsp. occidentale (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

---