Bean, A.R. (2 July 2010), Kelita (Amaranthaceae) a new genus from Queensland, Australia. Muelleria 28(2): 106-109, Figs 1, 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland, South Kennedy: 3 km (direct) NW of haul road overpass, near Newlands Coal Mine, WNW of Glenden, 8.vi.2009, A.R.Bean 29009 (holotype: holo: BRI (1 sheet + spirit); isotypes: CANB, E, K, L, MEL, NY, PRE, Z)."

• APC Dist.: Qld

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (November 2015), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2014 census to 2015 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2015: 17 [secondary reference]

Hammer, T.A., Zhong, X., des Francs-Small, C.C., Nevill, P.G., Small, I.D. & Thiele, K.R. (11 July 2019), Resolving intergeneric relationships in the aervoid clade and the backbone of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae): Evidence from whole plastid genomes and morphology. Taxon 68(2): 310 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus uncinellus (A.R.Bean) T.Hammer legitimate

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2019), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2018 to 2019. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2019: 6 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus uncinellus (A.R.Bean) T.Hammer legitimate

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