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

basionym: Pachysurus platycephalus F.Muell. legitimate

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 5 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 188 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 268 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 90 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 648 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 928 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 263 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 706 [secondary reference]

common name: Yellow-top [n/a] common name: Western Beauty-heads [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 73 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Compositae (Craspedia to Actinobole). Flora of Central Australia: 392, Fig. 503 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Pachysurus platycephalus F.Muell. legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Calocephalus dittrichii F.Muell. legitimate misapplication: Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 648 misapplication: Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. legitimate by Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 928-929

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

Short, P.S. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Calocephalus. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1504, Fig. 681B [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 10 [secondary reference]

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

Brown, E.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Asteraceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3: 259 [secondary reference]

common name: Western Beauty-heads [n/a] common name: Yellow Top [n/a]

Moore, P. (2005), A guide to plants of inland Australia: 113 (photo, map) [secondary reference]

doubtful misapplication: Billybuttons [n/a] common name: Yellow Top [n/a] common name: Western Beauty-heads [n/a] common name: Yellow Billy Buttons [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Pachysurus platycephalus F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Myriocephalus dittrichii F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn. nomenclatural synonym: Leucophyta platycephala (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calocephalus dittrichii F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leucophyta dittrichii (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calocephalus dietrichii Stapf orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Calocephalus ditrichii F.Sulman orth. var. pro parte misapplication: Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. legitimate by Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 928-929 misapplication: Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. legitimate by Holland, A.E. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Asteraceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 26 misapplication: Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. legitimate by Holland, A.E. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (2007), Asteraceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2007: 24 misapplication: Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. legitimate by Holland, A.E. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Asteraceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 19

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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: 184-185, Fig. 1E [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Pachysurus platycephalus F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Leucophyta platycephala (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Myriocephalus dittrichii F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Calocephalus dittrichii F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calocephalus dittrichii F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Leucophyta dittrichii (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calocephalus dietrichii Stapf orth. var. misapplication: Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 648 misapplication: Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. legitimate by Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 928-929 misapplication: Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. legitimate by Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 327 misapplication: Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. legitimate by Holland, A.E. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Asteraceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 26 misapplication: Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. legitimate by Holland, A.E. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (2007), Asteraceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2007: 24 misapplication: Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. legitimate by Holland, A.E. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Asteraceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 19

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: 170 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Calocephalus badmanii P.S.Short legitimate by Short, P.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Compositae (Craspedia to Actinobole). Flora of Central Australia: 392, Fig. 503

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Calocephalus badmanii P.S.Short legitimate by Short, P.S. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Calocephalus. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1504, Fig. 681B

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Calocephalus badmanii P.S.Short legitimate by Short, P.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Compositae (Craspedia to Actinobole). Flora of Central Australia: 392, Fig. 503

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Calocephalus badmanii P.S.Short legitimate by Short, P.S. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Calocephalus. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1504, Fig. 681B

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