Benl, G. (15 September 1979), Ergnzende bemerkungen zu bisher wenig bekkannten Ptilotus -sippen (Amaranthaceae) nebst einigen neubeschreibungene. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 15: 165 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "12 miles NW of Margaret River Crossing, Fossil Downs Station, Western Australia – J.R. Maconochie 286, 29.5.1967 (M). Isotypen: AD (97114239), NT (12454)."

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 128 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA

Lally, T.R. (9 May 2013), Review of infraspecific taxa in Ptilotus gardneri and P. lophotrichus and lectotypification of P. conicus (Amaranthaceae). Nuytsia 23: 125 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus gardneri Benl legitimate

Parker, C.M. & Biggs, L.J. (1 May 2014), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2013. Nuytsia 24: 59 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus gardneri Benl legitimate

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