Benl, G. (21 December 1979), Three new species of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) from Western Australia. Nuytsia 2(6): 341-345, Figs 1, 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Edgar Ranges (123°27′E, 18°55′S), south-east of Broome; coll. K.F. Kenneally 5412, 4 August 1976 (holotype: PERTH; isotypes: CANB, M, PERTH)."

• Etymology: "This novelty is named after Mr. Kevin F. Kenneally, botanist of the Western Australian Herbarium, South Perth."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 73 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 129, Fig. 33C [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA

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