Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1836), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 456 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in insulâ Enderby Archipelagi Dampier-rani ad oram bor. occid. Australiae legit cl. A. Cunningham. Sphaeranthoides Cunning.! in litt. ... (v.s. comm. à cl. peregr.)"

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 524 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 79 [basionym]

basionym of: Pterocaulon sphaeranthoides (DC.) F.Muell. legitimate

Domin, K. (1930), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1219 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pterocaulon sphaeranthoides (DC.) F.Muell. legitimate

Cabrera, A.L. & Ragonese, A.M (1978), Revision del genero Pterocaulon (Compositae). Darwiniana 21: 251 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pterocaulon sphaeranthoides (DC.) F.Muell. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Pterocaulon sphaeranthoides (DC.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bean, A.R. (1 December 2011), A taxonomic revision of Pterocaulon section Monenteles (Labill.) Kuntze (Asteraceae: Inuleae-Plucheinae). Austrobaileya 8(3): 317 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pterocaulon sphaeranthoides (DC.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Pterocaulon. Flora of Australia 37: 395 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pterocaulon sphaeranthoides (DC.) F.Muell. legitimate

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