Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 576 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Pachysurus francisii F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 83 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 164 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A. (1991), Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae). Opera Botanica 104: 131 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Pachysurus francisii F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Leucophyta francisii (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Short, P.S. (15 December 2016), Notes concerning the classification of species included in Calocephalus R.Br. s.lat. and Gnephosis Cass. s.lat. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), with descriptions of new genera and species. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 29: 177-178 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Pachysurus francisii F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Leucophyta francisii (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

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