Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 414 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus R.Br. legitimate

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

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

taxonomic synonym: Goniotriche Turcz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hemisteirus F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arthrotrichium Ewart & O.B.Davies nom. inval., pro syn.

Ewart, A.J. (1921), Contributions to the Flora of Australia, No. 29. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 33: 231-232 [secondary reference]

• Text: "PTILOTUS, R.Br., and Trichinium, R.Br. (Amarantaceae). The species given under these two genera in the Flora of the Northern Territory, pages 97 to 100, should be transposed..."

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 210 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Greek trikhinos, hairy.

Schinz, H. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (1934), Amaranthaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien Edn. 2, 16c: 56 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus sect. Trichinium (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 567 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus R.Br. legitimate

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 144 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus R.Br. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Trichinum Tate orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus R.Br. legitimate

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): 309 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus R.Br. legitimate

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