Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: 816 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Ptilotus conicus R.Br. legitimate

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

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus conicus R.Br. legitimate

Lally, T.R. (9 May 2013), Review of infraspecific taxa in Ptilotus gardneri and P. lophotrichus and lectotypification of P. conicus (Amaranthaceae). Nuytsia 23: 126 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus conicus R.Br. legitimate

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