Henrard, J.Th. (1927), Mededeelingen van's Rijks-Herbarium: 325, textfig. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Australia borealis: loco non indicato, anno 1886 legerunt J.E. TENNISON WOODS et M. HOLTZE, ex Nation. Herb. of Victoria, Melbourne no. 12. Typus speciei in Herb. Kew."

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): 315 [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. (24 April 1992), A revision of the genus Aristida (Poaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(2): 190 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Aristida novaeguineae Ohwi legitimate

Simon, B.K. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Aristida. Flora of Australia 44B: 100, 102 APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Aristida novaeguineae Ohwi legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

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