Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 328 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Far North and westward to Birksgate Range; also towards Broken Hill."

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 130 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus polystachyus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus polystachyus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus polystachyus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus polystachyus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. legitimate

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