Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 633 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "North of Cooper's Creek."

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

Lapinpuro, L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Helichrysum, Helipterum. Flora of Central Australia: 404 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Helichrysum apiculatum (Labill.) D.Don legitimate

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: 55 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "here designated: Cordillo, South Australia, May 1924, J.B. Cleland (AD 966090571); isolecto: AD 968020120."

Wilson, Paul G. (13 May 2016), A taxonomic treatment of Chrysocephalum apiculatum and C. semipapposum (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Nuytsia 27: 55 [basionym]

basionym of: Chrysocephalum apiculatum subsp. racemosum (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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