Moquin-Tandon, C.H.B.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849), Amarantaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 296 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Nova-Hollandia bor. occid. in aridis ad Montague Sound. (A. Cunningh.!)"

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

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

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 [basionym]

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

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

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

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