The genus was established by the French botanist Jacques Labillardière with his description of A. helianthi on page 67 of the first volume of his Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen.
Jacques Labillardière, a French botanist, formally introduced the genus in his work "Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen" by describing *A. helianthi* on page 67 of the first volume.