Stapf, O. in Oliver, D., Thiselton Dyer, W.T., Prain, D. & Hill, A.W. (ed.) (29 January 1919), Gramineae. Flora of Tropical Africa 9(2): 307 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Nile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; Adowa, Schimper, 1114. Amogai, Schimper, 1043. Gondar, Massey, 13. and without precise locality, schimper, 928."

taxonomic synonym: Andropogon altissimus Hochst. ex A.Braun nom. illeg.

Simon, B.K. (12 October 1989), Studies in Australian Grasses 4. Taxonomic and nomenclatural studies in Australian Andropogoneae. Austrobaileya 3(1): 86 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hyparrhenia rufa subsp. altissima (Stapf) B.K.Simon legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Hyparrhenia rufa subsp. altissima (Stapf) B.K.Simon legitimate

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