Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 415 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(D.) v.v."

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (June 1816), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 4(1): 620 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

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]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 159 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 213 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 329 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 567 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Amaranthaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 209 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

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

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

Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008), A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2): 248 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural 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 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 7 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

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

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

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