Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 251 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland. Subtropical Australia, Mitchell (Herb. Hook.)."

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

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 403, Fig. 383 [secondary reference]

Hill, A.W. in Jackson, B.D. (2 November 1933), Index Kewensis Suppl. 8: 199 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus decipiens (Benth.) C.A.Gardner legitimate

Benl, G. (1970), Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 7: 310 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus decipiens (Benth.) C.A.Gardner legitimate

Benl, G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ptilotus. Flora of Central Australia: 80 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus decipiens (Benth.) C.A.Gardner legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus decipiens (Benth.) C.A.Gardner legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus decipiens (Benth.) C.A.Gardner legitimate

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 233 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus decipiens (Benth.) C.A.Gardner legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus decipiens (Benth.) C.A.Gardner legitimate

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