Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Amarantaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(4): 627 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In solo sublimoso montium districtus Victoria, Martio a. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 1375."

Moquin-Tandon, C.H.B.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849), Amarantaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 292 [basionym]

basionym of: Trichinium drummondii var. minus (Nees) Moq. legitimate

Benl, G. (15 November 1958), Beitrag zu einer Revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae). Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 2: 408 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus drummondii var. minor (Nees) Benl legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus drummondii var. minor (Nees) Benl legitimate

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