Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 138 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Upper Isdell River; Mt. Anderson (W.V.F.)."

Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 40 [basionym]

basionym of: Trichinium longistachyum (W.Fitzg.) C.A.Gardner legitimate

Benl, G. (15 November 1958), Beitrag zu einer Revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae). Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 2: 402 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus alopecuroideus var. longistachyus (W.Fitzg.) Benl legitimate

Benl, G. (December 1962), Beitrag zu einer Revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) 4. Teil. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 4: 282 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus polystachyus f. rubriflorus (J.M.Black) Benl legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus polystachyus var. longistachyus (W.Fitzg.) Benl legitimate

Davis, R.W. & Butcher, R. (29 September 2010), Re-evaluation of Ptilotus polystachyus sens. lat. (Amaranthaceae) and creation of the new combination Ptilotus giganteus. Nuytsia 20: 226 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus giganteus (A.Cunn. ex Moq.) R.W.Davis & R.Butcher legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus giganteus (A.Cunn. ex Moq.) R.W.Davis & R.Butcher legitimate

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