Benl, G. (14 April 1983), A new Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) from Queensland. Austrobaileya 1(5): 446-450, t. 3, Fig. 30 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Warrego District: Chesterton, 25°21′S, 147°20′E, alt. 540 m, 7 Apr 1936, S.T. Blake 11107 (BRI 230078), holotypus)."

• APC Dist.: Qld

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 14 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 16 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 231 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus brachyanthus (F.Muell. ex Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

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