Benl, G. (15 November 1958), Beitrag zu einer Revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae). Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 2: 404 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Trichinium elderi Farmar legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 233 [secondary reference]

Benl, G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ptilotus. Flora of Central Australia: 79 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium elderi Farmar legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 285 [secondary reference]

• Comment: Note under var. atriplicifolius.

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

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 6 [secondary reference]

Benl, G. (30 November 1990), Further taxonomic studies in Australian Amaranthaceae. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 29: 501 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus sessilifolius var. elderi (Farmar) Benl legitimate

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 247 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus sessilifolius (Lindl.) Benl legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus sessilifolius (Lindl.) Benl legitimate

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