Mez, C.C. (1921), Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis: 149 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Tropisches Australien (Schultz).

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): 317 [secondary reference]

• Type: Northern Territory: Darwin & Gulf District: Port Darwin, Schultz 765, comm. Schomburgk vi.1870 (B, holotype, not seen, photo in BRI; BRI, K, isotypes).

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): 187, fig. 9A, plate III 33 (map) [secondary reference]

Simon, B.K. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Aristida. Flora of Australia 44B: 99 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

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