Kunth, K.S. (1829), Revision des graminees Part 10: 160 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Saccharum irritans R.Br. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 12 [secondary reference]

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

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 25 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pollinia irritans (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Pseudopogonatherum irritans (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

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