Lindley, J. in Mitchell, T.L. (1848), Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia: 45 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 403 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 72 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus exaltatus var. semilanatus (Lindl.) Maiden & Betche legitimate

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 211 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 327 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus semilanatus (Lindl.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 129 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus exaltatus var. semilanatus (Lindl.) Maiden & Betche legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Amaranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 132 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus exaltatus var. semilanatus (Lindl.) Maiden & Betche legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Amaranthaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 212 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus exaltatus var. semilanatus (Lindl.) Maiden & Betche legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus exaltatus var. semilanatus (Lindl.) Maiden & Betche legitimate

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 242 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus nobilis subsp. semilanatus (Lindl.) A.R.Bean 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 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus nobilis subsp. semilanatus (Lindl.) A.R.Bean legitimate

Hammer, T.A., Macintyre, P.D., Nge, F.J., Davis, R.W., Mucina, L. & Thiele, K.R. (17 July 2018), The noble and the exalted: a multidisciplinary approach to resolving a taxonomic controversy within Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 31(3): 274 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus semilanatus (Lindl.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilotus semilanatus (Lindl.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black legitimate

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