Benl, G. (15 November 1958), Beitrag zu einer Revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae). Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 2: 402 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Trichinium alopecuroideum var. rubriflorum J.M.Black legitimate

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

Benl, G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ptilotus. Flora of Central Australia: 80 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus polystachyus f. rubriflorus (J.M.Black) Benl legitimate

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 244 [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

Davis, R.W. & Butcher, R. (29 September 2010), Re-evaluation of Ptilotus polystachyus sens. lat. (Amaranthaceae) and creation of the new combination Ptilotus giganteus. Nuytsia 20: 226 [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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