Jansen, P. (1930), Mededeelingen van's Rijks-Herbarium 59: 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Bridge Creek. Near Port Darwin (Australia) leg. Burkitt 1881."

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 221 [secondary reference]

Eck-Borsboom, M.H.J. van (1980), A revision of Eriachne R.Br. (Gramineae) in Asia and Malesia. Blumea 26(1): 133 [basionym]

basionym of: Eriachne burkittii var. laidlawii (Jansen) Eck-Borsb. legitimate

Lazarides, M. (30 June 1995), The genus Eriachne (Eriachneae, Poaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 8(3): 373 [secondary reference]

• Type: Northern Territory, Darwin and Gulf District, near Port Darwin; Bridge Creek, in 1881, Burkitt 11 (holo, L; iso, BRI, MEL, US).

Lazarides, M. (30 June 1995), The genus Eriachne (Eriachneae, Poaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 8(3): 373 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eriachne burkittii Jansen legitimate

Lazarides, M., Van den Borre, A. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Eriachne. Flora of Australia 44B: 151 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eriachne burkittii Jansen legitimate

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