Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812), Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie: 111, t. 11, fig. 6 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Arthraxon ciliare P.Beauv.

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 524 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 131 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Batratherum Nees legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 617 [secondary reference]

Roberty, G.E. (July 1960), Monographie systématique des Andropogonées du globe. Boissiera 9: 293-296 [secondary reference]

Vickery, J.W. (1961), Gramineae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 19(1): 28-29 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 37 [secondary reference]

Welzen, P.C. van (1981), A taxonomic revision of the genus Arthraxon Beauv. (Gramineae). Blumea 27(1): 255-300 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 260 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 58 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Batratherum Nees legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Wall, C.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Arthraxon. Flora of New South Wales 4: 434-435 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 85 (fig.), 134 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from the Greek words for 'jointed' and 'axis'."

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 70 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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