Benl, G. (24 December 1980), Five new taxa of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) from Western Australia. Nuytsia 3(2): 157-161, Figs 1-3 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Godfreys Tank, Southesk Tablelands, 20°15′S, 126°34′E, W. Aust.; coll. A.S. George 15451, 29 April 1979 (holotype: PERTH; isotype: AD, CANB, K, M, MEL, NT, PERTH)."

• Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to the aboriginal name for the plant 'marduguru marduguru', which means 'down' in the sense of the short hairs as on the feathers of young birds."

Benl, G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ptilotus. Flora of Central Australia: 79-80 [secondary reference]

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

Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 118, 132 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA

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