Steudel, E.G. von (1854), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1(4-5): 370 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Andropogon? nr. 539. p.99. Zoll. Moritz. Java."

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 788 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Polytrias amaura Kuntze nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Nash, G.V. (1905), A trio of grasses new to the West Indies. Torreya 5: 110 [basionym]

basionym of: Polytrias diversiflora (Steud.) Nash legitimate

Simon, B.K. (12 October 1989), Studies in Australian Grasses 4. Taxonomic and nomenclatural studies in Australian Andropogoneae. Austrobaileya 3(1): 98 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Polytrias indica (Houtt.) Veldkamp legitimate

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