Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 226 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Cudnaka, F. Mueller."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 403 [secondary reference]

Benl, G. (15 May 1959), Beitrag zu einer revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) 2. Teil. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 3: 36 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus gaudichaudii var. parviflorus (Benth.) Benl legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 64 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus gaudichaudii var. parviflorus (Benth.) Benl legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Trichinium corymbosum var. parviflora Benth. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus gaudichaudii var. parviflorus (Benth.) Benl legitimate

State Herbarium of South Australia (2007), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus gaudichaudii var. parviflorus (Benth.) Benl legitimate

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 235 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus gaudichaudii var. parviflorus (Benth.) Benl legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus gaudichaudii var. parviflorus (Benth.) Benl legitimate

Lally, T.R. & Barker, W.R. (20 December 2010), Taxonomic notes on South Australian Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 24: 48 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus gaudichaudii subsp. parviflorus (Benth.) Lally legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus gaudichaudii subsp. parviflorus (Benth.) Lally legitimate

Hammer, T.A., Davis, R.W. & Thiele, K.R. (16 February 2018), The showy and the shy: reinstatement of two species from Ptilotus gaudichaudii (Amaranthaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 31(1): 5 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus modestus T.Hammer legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus modestus T.Hammer legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus modestus T.Hammer legitimate

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