Black, J.M. (22 December 1923), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 21. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 368 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Collected by R. Cockburn in the Far North-East, without exact locality."

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 214 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 325 [secondary reference]

Benl, G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ptilotus. Flora of Central Australia: 82 [secondary reference]

State Herbarium of South Australia (2007), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: SA

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 239 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus murrayi F.Muell. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus murrayi F.Muell. legitimate

Hammer, T.A. (2018), The Ptilotus murrayi species group: synonymisation of P. petiolatus under P. murrayi and description of the new Western Australian species P. unguiculatus (Amaranthaceae). Swainsona 31: 98 [secondary reference]

• Type: "‘Between Herrgott [=Marree] and Innamincka’, South Australia, Jun. 1916, R.Cockburn s.n. (holo.: AD 97747822A image!)."

Hammer, T.A. (2018), The Ptilotus murrayi species group: synonymisation of P. petiolatus under P. murrayi and description of the new Western Australian species P. unguiculatus (Amaranthaceae). Swainsona 31: 98 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus murrayi F.Muell. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus murrayi F.Muell. legitimate

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