Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 519 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Australia. Roper River, F.Mueller; Port Darwin, Schultz, n. 30, 182, 815."

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

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 298-300 [secondary reference]

Jansen, P. (1953), Notes on Malaysian Grasses - I. Reinwardtia 2(2): 295 [basionym]

basionym of: Ischaemum barbatum var. arundinaceum (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Jansen legitimate

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 195 [secondary reference]

Roberty, G.E. (July 1960), Monographie systématique des Andropogonées du globe. Boissiera 9: 332 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Schomburgk 30 ! (Australie N)."

Roberty, G.E. (July 1960), Monographie systématique des Andropogonées du globe. Boissiera 9: 332, 342 [basionym]

basionym of: Ischaemum aristatum subvar. arundinaceum (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Roberty nom. inval.

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 222 [secondary reference]

Simon, B.K. (14 July 1984), Studies in Australian Grasses: 1. Austrobaileya 2(1): 21 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ischaemum australe var. arundinaceum (F.Muell. ex Benth.) B.K.Simon legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 34 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ischaemum australe R.Br. legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 64 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Poaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 302 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ischaemum australe R.Br. legitimate

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