Moquin-Tandon, C.H.B.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849), Amarantaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 283 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Nova-Hollandia ad Swan River (Drommond! n. 149 et 201)"

Benl, G. (31 October 1965), Beitrag zu einer revision der gattung Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae). Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 5: 567 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus sericostachyus f. floribundus (Moq.) Benl legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus sericostachyus (Nees) F.Muell. subsp. sericostachyus legitimate

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