Moquin-Tandon, C.H.B.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849), Amarantaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 294 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad portum Phillip, Australiae merid. (Gunn?)"

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 17 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(49): 228 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus pachocephalus (Moq.) F.Muell. legitimate

Benl, G. (15 May 1959), Beitrag zu einer revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) 2. Teil. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 3: 39 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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

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

State Herbarium of South Australia (2007), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [taxonomic synonym]

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

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 239 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Hammer, T.A., Davis, R.W. & Thiele, K.R. (8 May 2019), Of a different feather: two new species of featherheads from the Ptilotus macrocephalus (Amaranthaceae) complex. Australian Systematic Botany 32(1): 67 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Port Phillip [Victoria], 20 Mar. 1840, R.C.Gunn s.n. (syn: P 00609982, image! https://plants.jstor.org/stable/ 10.5555/al.ap.specimen.p00609982)."

Hammer, T.A., Davis, R.W. & Thiele, K.R. (8 May 2019), Of a different feather: two new species of featherheads from the Ptilotus macrocephalus (Amaranthaceae) complex. Australian Systematic Botany 32(1): 67 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

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

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