Benl, G. (23 December 1988), Ptilotus crispus, a new species of Amaranthaceae in the Kimberley Division of Western Australia. Nuytsia 6(3): 319-323, Figs 1, 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "3.6 km north by road from Kalumburu on road to Pago Mission; Gardner Botanical Distriict; 14°16′S, 126°37′E; 1 May 1985, T.E.H. Aplin, R.J. Cranfield, B.L. Rye & J.R.Wheeler 853 (holo: PERTH; iso: M)."

• Etymology: "The specific epithet of this taxon refers to the crisp external indumentum of the lower region of the mature tepals."

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 126, Fig. 32B [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Gomphrena sp. Kalumburu (G.J.Keighery 9030) WA Herbarium [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA

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