Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 232 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "W. Australia. Between Cape le Grand and Cape Paisley, Maxwell."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 29 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus laxus (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 190 [secondary reference]

Benl, G. (15 October 1967), Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 6: 500 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus stirlingii var. laxus (Benth.) Benl legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus stirlingii var. laxus (Benth.) Benl legitimate

Davis, R.W. & Butcher, R. (29 September 2010), The status of infraspecific taxa and new subspecies in Ptilotus stirlingii (Amaranthaceae). Nuytsia 20: 269 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus stirlingii subsp. australis R.W.Davis & R.Butcher nom. inval.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus stirlingii subsp. australis R.W.Davis & R.Butcher legitimate

Davis, R.W. & Butcher, R. (24 June 2011), Valid publication of Ptilotus stirlingii subsp. australis (Amaranthaceae). Nuytsia 21(1): 31 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus stirlingii subsp. australis R.W.Davis & R.Butcher legitimate

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