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: Trichinium alopecuroideum var. rubriflorum J.M.Black legitimate

Benl, G. (December 1962), Beitrag zu einer Revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) 4. Teil. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 4: 282-283 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus longistachyus W.Fitzg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus alopecuroideus var. longistachyus (W.Fitzg.) Benl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ptilotus polystachyus var. longistachyus (W.Fitzg.) Benl legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 130 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus polystachyus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. legitimate

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: 80 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus alopecuroideus f. rubriflorus (J.M.Black) Benl legitimate common name: Red pussytail [n/a]

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

Benl, G. (11 October 1983), Taxonomic studies on Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) in Western Australia. Nuytsia 4(3): 272 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 244 [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]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus polystachyus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 244 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus polystachyus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus polystachyus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus polystachyus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. legitimate

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