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

basionym: Ptilotus spicatus subsp. burbidgeanus Benl legitimate

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

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus spicatus subsp. burbidgeanus Benl legitimate

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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