Benl, G. (15 May 1959), Beitrag zu einer revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) 2. Teil. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 3: 39 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Holotypus varietatis: Hammersley Range, near Mt. Rica, W.A.; Ch. A. Gardner, no. 6429, 26.X.1941. MEL."

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 233 [secondary reference]

Benl, G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ptilotus. Flora of Central Australia: 80 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Ptilotus latifolius var. maior Benl orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 237 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus latifolius R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus latifolius R.Br. legitimate

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