Benl, G. (15 December 1959), New species and varieties of Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae). Muelleria 1(2): 107 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Type from Port Denison, Queensland (North Kennedy) (HOLOTYPE of variety n MEL – E. Fitzalan, 1874)."

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

• APC Dist.: Qld

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 242 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus nobilis subsp. semilanatus (Lindl.) A.R.Bean legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus semilanatus (Lindl.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black legitimate

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