Henrard, J.Th. (1932), A monograph of the genus Aristida. Mededeelingen van's Rijks-Herbarium 58A: 285 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (none cited). [given by Henrard, ibid. 55.C (1 Dec. 1933) 714, as "Australia centralis: Mission Station; Finke River, coll. KEMPE, anno 1879 ex Nat. Herb. Victoria, Melbourne no. 4. Typus in Herb. Lugd. Bat. sub no. 930, 101–7"].

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 45 [basionym]

basionym of: Aristida nitidula (Henrard) S.T.Blake ex J.M.Black legitimate

Blake, S.T. (1943), Critical notes on the Gramineae and Cyperaceae of South Australia with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 67: 46 [basionym]

basionym of: Aristida nitidula (Henrard) S.T.Blake isonym

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 166 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Aristida nitidula (Henrard) S.T.Blake ex J.M.Black legitimate

Lazarides, M. (30 December 1980), Aristida L. (Poaceae, Aristideae) in Australia. Brunonia 3(2): 306 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 450 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Aristida nitidula (Henrard) S.T.Blake ex J.M.Black legitimate

Simon, B.K. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Aristida. Flora of Australia 44B: 111 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Aristida nitidula (Henrard) S.T.Blake ex J.M.Black legitimate

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