Benl, G. (5 April 1984), Five new taxa in Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) from the Northern Territory. Muelleria 5(4): 260 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "4.8 miles (7.7 km) E. of Ormiston Gorge turnoff on Glen Helen road, 23°42′S., 132°42′E., Northern Territory, N.M.Henry 438, 19.vi.1972. Erect annual with bright crimson glabrous flowers. Very rare in gravelly soil on edge of roadside. (Holotype: NT 35691. Isotypes: NY, MO)."

• APC Dist.: NT

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]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus nobilis (Lindl.) F.Muell. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus nobilis (Lindl.) F.Muell. subsp. nobilis legitimate

Hammer, T.A., Macintyre, P.D., Nge, F.J., Davis, R.W., Mucina, L. & Thiele, K.R. (17 July 2018), The noble and the exalted: a multidisciplinary approach to resolving a taxonomic controversy within Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 31(3): 273 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus exaltatus Nees legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus exaltatus Nees legitimate

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