Benl, G. (15 October 1967), Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 6: 496-498, Abb. 2b [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Kimberley Research Station, Ord River, W.A.; "plant collected from patch of scalded earth". E.C.B. LANGFIELD no. 59, 26.III.1949; in CANB (18048). Isotypen: Idem, in M, PERTH."

Benl, G. (15 September 1979), Ergnzende bemerkungen zu bisher wenig bekkannten Ptilotus -sippen (Amaranthaceae) nebst einigen neubeschreibungene. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 15: 173 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus spicatus var. burbidgeanus (Benl) Benl legitimate

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]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus spicatus var. burbidgeanus (Benl) Benl legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 249 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus spicatus F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus spicatus F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

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