Hooker, J.D. (5 December 1853), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 1(4): 294, t. LXVI. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Northern Island, on rocks near the sea; East coast, Banks and Solander; Bay of Islands and Auckland, Sinclair, etc."

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 262 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stipa teretifolia Steud. legitimate

Veldkamp, J.F. (1975), A taxonomic revision of Dichelachne Endl. (Graminae) with some combinations in Stipa L. and Oryzopsis Michx. Blumea 22(1): 11 [basionym]

basionym of: Stipa stipoides (Hook.f.) Veldkamp legitimate

Townrow, J. (1978), Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 112: 261 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "New Zealand, Bay of Islands, Hooker (K)."

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 186 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Stipa stipoides (Hook.f.) Veldkamp legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 378 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Stipa stipoides (Hook.f.) Veldkamp legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (1 July 1996), Austrostipa, a new genus, and new names for Australasian species formerly included in Stipa (Gramineae). Telopea 6(4): 589 [basionym]

basionym of: Austrostipa stipoides (Hook.f.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

Everett, J., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Nairn, L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Stipeae. Flora of Australia 44A: 35 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrostipa stipoides (Hook.f.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

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