 The genus name is spelled "Brachycome" by some authors.Henri Cassini published the name "Brachyscome" in 1816, forming it from the classical Greek "brachys" ("short") and "kome" ("hair"), a reference to the very short pappus bristles.Because the combining form of "brachys" in Greek compound words is "brachy-", Cassini later corrected the spelling to "Brachycome".