Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 241 [autonym]

Simon, B.K. (1990), A Key to Australian Grasses: 77 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Panicum maximum Jacq. var. maximum legitimate

Macfarlane, T.D. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Urochloa. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1240 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs var. maximus legitimate

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