Blake, S.T. (1973), Taxonomic and nomenclatural studies in the Gramineae, No. 3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 84(5): 69, t. 7, fig. 4 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland, prope Wowan, Blake 19983 (holotypus BRI.131650–2; isotypi distribuendi)."

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: 42 [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]

Webster, R.D. (1995), Nomenclatural changes in Setaria and Paspalidium (Poaceae: Paniceae). Sida; contributions to botany 16(3): 444 [basionym]

basionym of: Setaria scabrifolia (S.T.Blake) R.D.Webster legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Paspalidium distans (Trin.) Hughes legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (November 2015), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2014 census to 2015 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2015: 26 [secondary reference]

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