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 [autonym]

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]

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

• APC Dist.: WA, SA

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus murrayi F.Muell. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus murrayi F.Muell. legitimate

Barker, R.M. & Lang, P.J. (10 July 2012), Name changes associated with the South Australian census of vascular plants for the calendar year 2011. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 25: 101 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural 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 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus murrayi F.Muell. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus murrayi F.Muell. legitimate

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