Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(49): 228 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Trichinium obovatum Gaudich. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1877), List of the plants obtained during Mr. C. Giles's travels in Australia in 1875 and 1876. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 15: 276 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881), Plants of North-Western Australia. Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 7 [secondary reference]

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

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 79 [secondary reference]

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

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 210 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Trichinium obovatum Gaudich. legitimate

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 325, Fig. 458 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Trichinium obovatum Gaudich. legitimate by Gaudichaud-Beaupre, C. (28 November 1829), Voyage Autour du Monde ... sur les Corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne. Botanique 11: 445, t. 49

Benl, G. (15 May 1959), Beitrag zu einer revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) 2. Teil. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 3: 510-512 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium obovatum Gaudich. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium lanatum Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium variabile F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus lindleyi F.Muell. legitimate

McGillivray, D.J. (12 June 1973), Michel Gandoger's names of Australian plants. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(6): 353 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus oblongifolius Gand. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium obovatum Gaudich. legitimate common name: white foxtail [n/a] common name: silver tails [n/a] common name: Silver bush [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 288 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 64 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 240 [secondary reference]

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

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 257 [secondary reference]

common name: Cotton Bush [n/a] common name: Smoke Bush [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 257 [secondary reference]

common name: Cotton Bush [n/a] common name: Smoke Bush [n/a]

Moore, P. (2005), A guide to plants of inland Australia: 259 (photo, map) [secondary reference]

common name: White Foxtail [n/a] common name: Silver Tails [n/a]

• Etymology: obovatus: obovate (leaves).

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

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium obovatum Gaudich. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium lanatum Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gomotriche tomentosa Turcz. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Goniotriche tomentosa Turcz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium variabile F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus lindleyi F.Muell. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Trichinium atriplicifolium A.Cunn. ex Moq. legitimate by Moquin-Tandon, C.H.B.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849), Amarantaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 286 misapplication: Trichinium incanum R.Br. legitimate by Moquin-Tandon, C.H.B.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849), Amarantaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 285

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2007), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

common name: Cotton Bush [n/a] common name: Smoke Bush [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium obovatum Gaudich. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium variabile F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus lindleyi F.Muell. legitimate common name: Cotton Bush [n/a] common name: Goldfield Clover [n/a] common name: Flannel fFower [n/a] common name: White Fox Tail [n/a] common name: Silver Bush [n/a] common name: Smoke Bush [n/a] common name: Silver-tails [n/a] common name: Silver Mulla Mulla [n/a]

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

common name: Cotton Bush [n/a]

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 243 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium obovatum Gaudich. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium obovatum Gaudich. var. obovatum legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus obovatus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. var. obovatus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium lanatum Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium parviflorum Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium virgatum A.Cunn. ex Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium variabile F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus lindleyi F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus parviflorus (Lindl.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium subviride Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus obovatus var. parviflorus (Lindl.) Benl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus obovatus var. lancifolius Benl legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium obovatum Gaudich. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium obovatum Gaudich. var. obovatum legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus obovatus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. var. obovatus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium lanatum Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium parviflorum Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium virgatum A.Cunn. ex Moq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gomotriche tomentosa Turcz. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Goniotriche tomentosa Turcz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium variabile F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus lindleyi F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus parviflorus (Lindl.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium subviride Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus obovatus var. parviflorus (Lindl.) Benl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus obovatus var. lancifolius Benl legitimate pro parte misapplication: Trichinium atriplicifolium A.Cunn. ex Moq. legitimate by Moquin-Tandon, C.H.B.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849), Amarantaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 286 misapplication: Trichinium incanum R.Br. legitimate by Moquin-Tandon, C.H.B.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849), Amarantaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 285

• APC Comment: Ptilotus obovatus var. obovatus is recognised as a distinct taxon in WA and the NT.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium obovatum Gaudich. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium obovatum Gaudich. var. obovatum legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus obovatus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. var. obovatus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium lanatum Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gomotriche tomentosa Turcz. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Goniotriche tomentosa Turcz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium variabile F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus lindleyi F.Muell. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Trichinium atriplicifolium A.Cunn. ex Moq. legitimate by Moquin-Tandon, C.H.B.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849), Amarantaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 286 misapplication: Trichinium incanum R.Br. legitimate by Moquin-Tandon, C.H.B.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849), Amarantaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 285 misapplication: Ptilotus astrolasius F.Muell. var. astrolasius legitimate by Benl, G. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 324 misapplication: Ptilotus astrolasius F.Muell. var. astrolasius legitimate by Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 46, 352

• APC Comment: Ptilotus obovatus var. obovatus is recognised as a distinct taxon in WA and the NT.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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