Trinius, C.B. von & Ruprecht, F.J. (1842), Gramina Agrostidea III. Callus obconicus (Stipacea). Memoires de l'Academie Imperiale des sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Sixieme serie 7(2) [Sci. nat. t. 5]: 141 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Insulae Philippinae (Cuming!. n. 671): Luzon. (Née ex Cavan.)"

• Comment: Aristida capillacea Cav. (1799) non Lam. cited in synonymy.

Anonymous (1982), Annual Report for 1981/82. Annual Report of the Botany Branch and the Queensland Herbarium: 36 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 41 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 44 [secondary reference]

Simon, B.K. (24 April 1992), A revision of the genus Aristida (Poaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(2): 194, fig. 10A, plate 111 39 (map) [secondary reference]

• Type: Luzon, Philippines, H. Cuming 671; holo: K.

taxonomic synonym: Aristida capillacea Cav. legitimate

Simon, B.K. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Aristida. Flora of Australia 44B: 103-104 [secondary reference]

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