Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 243 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Australia. Victoria River, F. Mueller."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 28 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 397, Fig. 380 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 100 [basionym]

basionym of: Trichinium spicatum (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate

Anonymous in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), Plants collected by Dr H. Basedow on the Mackay Expedition in Arnhem Land, 1928. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 322 [secondary reference]

Benl, G. (15 October 1967), Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 6: 493-499 [secondary reference]

Benl, G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ptilotus. Flora of Central Australia: 83 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 74 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 266 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 132, Fig. 34E [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus spicatus F.Muell. ex Benth. var. spicatus legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium spicatum (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus spicatus var. longiceps Benl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus spicatus subsp. longiceps A.D.Chapm. nom. inval., nom. nud. misapplication: Ptilotus corymbosus R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(21): 125

• APC Comment: Varietal rank not recognised in Qld.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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): 249 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus spicatus F.Muell. ex Benth. var. spicatus legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus spicatus F.Muell. ex Benth. subsp. spicatus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus spicatus var. leianthus Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus leianthus Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus spicatus var. longiceps Benl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus spicatus subsp. leianthus (Benth.) Benl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus spicatus subsp. burbidgeanus Benl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus spicatus var. burbidgeanus (Benl) Benl legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus spicatus F.Muell. ex Benth. var. spicatus legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium spicatum (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus spicatus F.Muell. ex Benth. subsp. spicatus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus spicatus var. leianthus Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus leianthus Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus spicatus var. longiceps Benl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus spicatus subsp. burbidgeanus Benl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus spicatus subsp. leianthus (Benth.) Benl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus spicatus var. burbidgeanus (Benl) Benl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus spicatus subsp. longiceps A.D.Chapm. nom. inval., nom. nud. misapplication: Ptilotus corymbosus R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(21): 125

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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