Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888), Descriptions of new west-Australian plants. The Victorian Naturalist 5(6): 74 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Between York and Hampton-Plains [W.A.]; W. Sayer and A. Carlson."

• Etymology: (not specified.) [but presumably named in honour of one of the collectors of the original material]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 3 [secondary reference]

Moore, S. le M. (1 July 1899), The Botanical Results of a Journey into the Interior of Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 34: 220 [basionym]

basionym of: Trichinium carlsonii (F.Muell.) S.Moore legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 73 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Ptilotus carlsoni F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium carlsoni S.Moore orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium carlsonii (F.Muell.) S.Moore legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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

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