Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(49): 233 [primary reference]

• Comment: Species apparently intended to be based on Trichinium floribundum but Mueller does not make any reference to a basionym.

Benl, G. (31 October 1965), Beitrag zu einer revision der gattung Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae). Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 5: 567 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus sericostachyus f. floribundus (Moq.) Benl legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus sericostachyus (Nees) F.Muell. subsp. sericostachyus legitimate

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