Fosberg, F.R. (15 March 1988), New & noteworthy plants from Great Barrier Reef sand cays, Australia. Brittonia 40(1): 53, fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "AUSTRALIA. Queensland. Great Barrier Reef: Ingram Island, on grassy sand flat under Casuarina, appr. sea-level, 27 Jul 1973, Stoddart 4082 (HOLOTYPE: US; ISOTYPES: BISH, K, POM)."

Nightingale, M.E. in Mallett, K. & Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (2002), Cynodonteae. Flora of Australia 43: 376 [secondary reference]

Nightingale, M.E. in Mallett, K. & Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (2002), Cynodonteae. Flora of Australia 43: 376 [basionym]

basionym of: Lepturus repens subsp. stoddartii (Fosberg) Night. legitimate

Nightingale, M.E., Simon, B.K. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Lepturus. Flora of Australia 44B: 419 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lepturus repens (G.Forst.) R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lepturus repens (G.Forst.) R.Br. legitimate

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