Bentham, G. (December 1877), Hooker's Icones Plantarum 13(2): 39 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Heterachne gulliveri Benth.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 135 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 632 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M., Quinn, F. & Palmer, J. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Heterachne. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1177 [secondary reference]

Nightingale, M.E. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Heterachne. Flora of Australia 44B: 412 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 403 [secondary reference]

Barrett, R.L., Peterson, P.M. & Romaschenko, K. (21 August 2020), A molecular phylogeny of Eragrostis (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Eragrostideae): making lovegrass monophyletic in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 33: 465 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eragrostis Wolf legitimate

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