Stapf, O. in Thiselton-Dyer, W.T. (ed.) (1898), Gramineae. Flora Capensis 7(2): 316 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Eragrostis sect. Desmostachya Hook. legitimate

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Edgar, E. (1993), Poaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 476 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Eragrostis sect. Desmostachya Hook. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stapfiola Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: CoI (naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 264 [secondary reference]

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