Benl, G. (5 April 1984), Five new taxa in Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) from the Northern Territory. Muelleria 5(4): 258-259, Fig. 6 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "54 miles (86.4 km) NW. of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Chippendale 8799, 3.v.1962 (Holotype: M. Isotypes: AD, CANB, NSW, NT)."

• APC Dist.: NT

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 5 [secondary reference]

Albrecht, D.E. & Lally, T.R. (20 December 2010), A reappraisal of Ptilotus aristatus and P. blackii (Amaranthaceae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 24: 13 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Ptilotus aristatus subsp. micranthus Albr. & Lally legitimate

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