Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(21): 125 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Australia septentrionali-occidentali sub itinere Francisci Gregorii anno 1861 repertus."

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

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

basionym of: Trichinium villosiflorum (F.Muell.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate

Domin, K. (1921), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 638 [secondary reference]

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

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 132-133, Fig. 34F [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium villosiflorum (F.Muell.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus macrotrichus F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alternanthera polycephala Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium macrotrichus Ewart & O.B.Davies orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Trichinium macrotrichum (F.Muell.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

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