Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 72 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Trichinium semilanatum Lindl. legitimate

Benl, G. (15 May 1959), Beitrag zu einer revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) 2. Teil. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 3: 34-35 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus semilanatus (Lindl.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium pulchellum A.Cunn. ex Moq. legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 129 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium semilanatum Lindl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus semilanatus (Lindl.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 286 [secondary reference]

common name: Fox Tails [n/a] common name: Purple Tails [n/a] common name: Lambs Tails [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 64 [secondary reference]

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

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Amaranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 132 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium semilanatum Lindl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus semilanatus (Lindl.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black legitimate common name: Fox Brush [n/a] common name: Prince-of-Wales Feather [n/a]

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 240 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 260 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Amaranthaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 212, Fig 37q-r [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium semilanatum Lindl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus semilanatus (Lindl.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 260 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2007), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [nomenclatural synonym]

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

State Herbarium of South Australia (2007), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium semilanatum Lindl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus semilanatus (Lindl.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium setigerum A.Cunn. ex Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium pulchellum A.Cunn. ex Moq. legitimate common name: Lambs Tails [n/a] common name: Hairy Tails [n/a]

• APC Comment: Treated as Ptilotus semilanatus in NSW
• APC Dist.: NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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

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

Lally, T.R. & Barker, W.R. (20 December 2010), Taxonomic notes on South Australian Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 24: 51 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

Barker, R.M. & Lang, P.J. (10 July 2012), Name changes associated with the South Australian census of vascular plants for the calendar year 2011. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 25: 99 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus nobilis subsp. semilanatus (Lindl.) A.R.Bean 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): 274 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

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

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

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