Benl, G. (11 October 1983), Taxonomic studies on Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) in Western Australia. Nuytsia 4(3): 269-270 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "8 miles (13 km) S of Meekatharra on Gabanantha Road, Eremaean Province, Western Australia, 22 Sept. 1957, N.H. Speck 884 (holo: CANB; iso: PERTH)."

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 123 [secondary reference]

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Davis, R.W. (17 December 2009), Ptilotus luteolus, a new combination in Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae). Nuytsia 19(2): 311 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus luteolus (Benl & H.Eichler) R.W.Davis legitimate

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