Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 29 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Trichinium leucocoma Moq. legitimate

• Comment: Epithet sometimes given as "leucocomus", but the epithet is a noun in apposition and therefore not declinable (see A.R.Bean, Telopea 12: 238 (2008)).

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 213 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Trichinium leucocoma Moq. legitimate

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 329 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium leucocoma Moq. legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 233 [secondary reference]

Benl, G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ptilotus. Flora of Central Australia: 80-81 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium leucocoma Moq. legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 287 [secondary reference]

common name: Small Purple Foxtail [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 64 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 240 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 73 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 6 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 259 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 338 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 259 [secondary reference]

CHAH (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Ptilotus leucocomus A.D.Chapm. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium leucocoma Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium kennediae F.Muell. ex Ewart & Jean White nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus calostachyus var. kennediae Ewart & Jean White nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus kennediae Ewart & Jean White nom. inval., nom. nud.

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2007), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

common name: Small Purple Foxtail [n/a]

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 238-239 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium leucocoma Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus kennediae Ewart & Jean White nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus calostachyus var. kennediae Ewart & Jean White nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus humifusus Benl legitimate

CHAH (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Ptilotus leucoma Dunlop orth. var. orthographic variant: Ptilotus leucocomus A.D.Chapm. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium leucocoma Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus calostachyus var. kennediae Ewart & Jean White nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus kennediae Ewart & Jean White nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Trichinium kennediae F.Muell. ex Ewart & Jean White nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus humifusus Benl legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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