Ptilotus giganteus

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Ptilotus giganteus (A.Cunn. ex Moq.) R.W.Davis & R.Butcher, Nuytsia 20: 226 (2010)

Basionym
- Trichinium giganteum A.Cunn. ex Moq., Prodr. 13(2): 296 (1849)
  - Type: Montague Sound, north west coast [Western Australia], 1820, A. Cunningham 201 (G-DC).
Heterotypic
- Ptilotus longistachyus W.Fitzg., J. Proc. Roy. Soc. W. Australia 3: 138 (1918)
  - Type: "Upper Isdell River; Mt. Anderson (W.V.F.)."
  - Trichinium longistachyum (W.Fitzg.) C.A.Gardner, Enum. Pl. Austral. Occid. 40 (1930)
  - Ptilotus alopecuroideus var. longistachyus (W.Fitzg.) Benl, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2: 402–403 (1958)
  - Ptilotus polystachyus var. longistachyus (W.Fitzg.) Benl, Mitt. Bot. Staatssaml. München 3: 518 (1960)
- Ptilotus pullenii Benl, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 15: 169 (1979)
  - Type: "Hidden Valley, just north of Kununurra, 15°47′S, 128°45′E; Kimberley District, Western Australia. – Hj. Eichler 22488; 25.4.1977 (CANB 267398)."
  - Ptilotus polystachyus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. var. pullenii (Benl) Benl, Nuytsia 4: 271 (1983)

Davis, R.W. & Butcher, R. 2010. Re-evaluation of Ptilotus polystachyus sens. lat. (Amaranthaceae) and creation of the new combination Ptilotus giganteus. Nuytsia 20: 217–227. PDF Reference page.
Fitzgerald, W.V. 1918. The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 138
Benl, G. 1958. Beitrag zu einer Revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae). Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 2: 402–403.

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