Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Amarantaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(4): 628 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In regionibus interioribus Australiae meridionali-occidentalis, Martio a. 1841. Herb. Preiss. No. 1366. In limoso-calculosis ad latus orientale montis Brown prope urbiculam York, Septembri a. 1839. No. 1363 (cum Trichinio humili) et 1373."

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Lally, T.R. & Barker, W.R. (20 December 2010), Taxonomic notes on South Australian Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 24: 51 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

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