Benl, G. (1970), Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 7: 314 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mollerin, W.A., "in forest"; C.A. GARDNER, IX.1939. PERTH."

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

• APC Dist.: WA

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus sp. Goldfields (R.Davis 10796) WA Herbarium [n/a]

Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 519 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus sp. Goldfields (R.Davis 10796) WA Herbarium [n/a]

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 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Western Australia, Mollerin, Sep. 1939, C.A.Gardner s.n. (holo: PERTH 01555073!; iso: PERTH 01555081!)."

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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