Benl, G. (December 1964), New Taxa of Ptilotus (Amarathaceae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 88: 58, Fig. 3 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Northern Territory, Central Australia. On summit of low rock (about 150 feet above plain) in Mount Olga area – ca. 360 km south-west of Alice Springs. E.N.S. Jackson No 118, 16.VIII.1959, AD No. 961 02 032."

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 233 [secondary reference]

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

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 6 [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, NT, SA

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 236 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus incanus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus incanus (R.Br.) Poir. 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 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus incanus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

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