Kunth, K.S. (1829), Revision des graminees Part 9: 151 [comb. nov.]

Black, J.M. (1933), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 31. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 143 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 136 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pholiurus pannonicus (Host) Trin. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Parapholis incurva (L.) C.E.Hubb. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1933), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 31. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 143

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