Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(26): 90 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In paeninsula Peronii. Maitl. Brown."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 28 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 100 [basionym]

basionym of: Trichinium macrotrichum (F.Muell.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus villosiflorus F.Muell. legitimate

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