Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 174 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (T.) v.v. [The type in the Kew Herbarium ... bears a blue label: "R. Brown, Iter Australiense, 1802–5. (Presented by direction of J.J. Bennett, 1876)" On this label is written "No. 6196. Aristida hygrometrica". (ref. J.T.Henrard, Mededeelingen van's Rijks Herbarium, Leiden 54.A (1927) 248.)].

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812), Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie: 33 [basionym]

basionym of: Arthratherum hygrometricum (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate

Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817), Systema Vegetabilium 2: 398 [basionym]

basionym of: Arthratherum hygrometricum (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 132 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 7 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 622 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 337, t. 13, Figs 4, 5 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 8 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 165 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 219 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. (30 December 1980), Aristida L. (Poaceae, Aristideae) in Australia. Brunonia 3(2): 324-325 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 30 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 60 [secondary reference]

Simon, B.K. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Aristida. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1124, Fig. 324A [secondary reference]

common name: Corkscrew grass [n/a] common name: Northern Kerosene grass [n/a]

Simon, B.K. (24 April 1992), A revision of the genus Aristida (Poaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(2): 159, fig. 3D, Plate I8 (map) [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Arnhem North Bay (Melville Bay), Darwin and Gulf Region Northern Territory, 14 Feb. 1803, R.Brown [6196]; lecto: BM, fide J. Th. Henrard, op, cit. 54A: 248 (1927) (photo, fragment BRI), isolecto: E, (photo BRI).

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 215 [secondary reference]

common name: Corkscrew Grass [n/a]

• Vernacular: garawal (Bardi)

Simon, B.K. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Aristida. Flora of Australia 44B: 81, Plate 13 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arthratherum hygrometricum (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate common name: Northern Kerosene Grass [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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