Benl, G. (November 1960), Beitrag zu einer Revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) 3. Teil. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 3: 518 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Ptilotus alopecuroideus var. longistachyus (W.Fitzg.) Benl legitimate

Benl, G. (December 1962), Beitrag zu einer Revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) 4. Teil. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 4: 282 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus polystachyus f. rubriflorus (J.M.Black) Benl legitimate

Benl, G. (11 October 1983), Taxonomic studies on Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) in Western Australia. Nuytsia 4(3): 273 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 132 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus longistachyus W.Fitzg. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Trichinium longistachyum (W.Fitzg.) C.A.Gardner legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus alopecuroideus var. longistachyus (W.Fitzg.) Benl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichinium giganteum A.Cunn. ex Moq. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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

Davis, R.W. & Butcher, R. (29 September 2010), Re-evaluation of Ptilotus polystachyus sens. lat. (Amaranthaceae) and creation of the new combination Ptilotus giganteus. Nuytsia 20: 226 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus giganteus (A.Cunn. ex Moq.) R.W.Davis & R.Butcher legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus giganteus (A.Cunn. ex Moq.) R.W.Davis & R.Butcher legitimate

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