Amaranthaceae Juss.
Ptilotus macrocephalus (R.Br.) Poir. , legitimate, scientific
Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (14 December 1816), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 4(2): 620 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Trichinium macrocephalum R.Br. legitimate
  • Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 663 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make this combination, possibly in the belief that Poiret had not definitely associated the genus name and specific epithet. However, Poiret consistently uses the name of the genus in which he is making a combination followed by the base name in parentheses. This is here considered to be a typographical device that associates the genus name and specific epithet as required for valid publication under ICN Art. 35.2 and Art. 35 Ex. 5 (Shenzhen Code, 2018).
Moquin-Tandon, C.H.B.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849), Amarantaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 290 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Trichinium macrocephalum R.Br. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 28 [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 79 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 213 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Trichinium macrocephalum R.Br. legitimate
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 329 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium macrocephalum R.Br. legitimate
Benl, G. (15 May 1959), Beitrag zu einer revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) 2. Teil. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 3: 39, 42 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium macrocephalum R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium pachocephalum Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium angustifolium Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus pachocephalus (Moq.) F.Muell. legitimate
Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 130 [secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 233 BHL [secondary reference]
Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 246 [secondary reference]
common name: Green Mulla [n/a] common name: Mulla-Mulla [n/a]
Benl, G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ptilotus. Flora of Central Australia: 82 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium macrocephalum R.Br. legitimate common name: feather heads [n/a] common name: Large green pussytail [n/a]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 287 [secondary reference]
common name: Green Mulla [n/a] common name: Mulla Mulla [n/a] common name: Honey Balls [n/a] common name: Green Pussytail [n/a] common name: Feather-heads [n/a] common name: Square-headed Foxtail [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 64 [secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Amaranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 133 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium macrocephalum R.Br. legitimate common name: Green Pussytails [n/a]
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: 258 [secondary reference]
common name: Green Pussytails [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 130, Fig. 34B [secondary reference]
common name: Green Pussytails [n/a]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Amaranthaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 209, Fig. 37g-h [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium macrocephalum R.Br. legitimate common name: Feather-heads [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 258 [secondary reference]
common name: Green Pussytails [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium macrocephalum R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium angustifolium Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium pachocephalum Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus pachocephalus (Moq.) F.Muell. legitimate misapplication: Trichinium fusiforme R.Br. legitimate by Lindley, J. in Mitchell, T.L. (1848), Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia: 383
  • APC Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2449 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make this combination. However, under Article 33.1 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, this name is considered to be validly published.
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic
National Herbarium of New South Wales (2007), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]
common name: Green Pussytails [n/a]
State Herbarium of South Australia (2007), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium macrocephalum R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium pachocephalum Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium angustifolium Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus pachocephalus (Moq.) F.Muell. legitimate common name: Square-headed Fox Tail [n/a] common name: Feather Heads [n/a] common name: Large Green Pussytail [n/a]
Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]
common name: Featherheads [n/a]
Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 239 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium macrocephalum R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium pachocephalum Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium angustifolium Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus pachocephalus (Moq.) F.Muell. legitimate
Palmer, J., Lally, T.R. & Miller, C.H. in Kellermann, J. (ed.) (2014), Amaranthaceae (version 2). Flora of South Australia: 28 [secondary reference]
Hammer, T.A., Davis, R.W. & Thiele, K.R. (8 May 2019), Of a different feather: two new species of featherheads from the Ptilotus macrocephalus (Amaranthaceae) complex. Australian Systematic Botany 32(1): 67-68, Figs 1-3, 4 (map) [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium macrocephalum R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium pachocephalum Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium angustifolium Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus pachocephalus (Moq.) F.Muell. legitimate
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (10 December 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2019. Nuytsia 30: 347 [secondary reference]
  • Text: "Excluded taxon. See Hammer et al. (2019). [Hammer, T.A., Davis, R.W. & Thiele, K.R. (2019). Australian Systematic Botany 32: 67.]"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium macrocephalum R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium angustifolium Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium pachocephalum Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus pachocephalus (Moq.) F.Muell. legitimate misapplication: Trichinium fusiforme R.Br. legitimate by Lindley, J. in Mitchell, T.L. (1848), Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia: 383
  • APC Dist.: NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Ptilotus xerophilus T.Hammer & R.W.Davis legitimate by Palmer, J., Lally, T.R. & Miller, C.H. in Kellermann, J. (ed.) (2014), Amaranthaceae (version 2). Flora of South Australia: 28