Simon, B.K. (22 September 1993), Studies in Australian grasses, 7. Four new species of Sporobolus R.Br. (Poaceae, Chloridoideae, Sporoboleae) from Australia. Austrobaileya 4(1): 64, Fig. 5 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Queensland, South Kennedy Distict: sandy flat adjacent to Cattle Creek, 3 km S of Doongmabulla Station, 22 05'39"S, 146 14'23"E, 1 Apr 1992, E.J. Thompson GAL 002 & B.K. Simon (holo: BRI; iso: AD, BRI, CANB, K, L, NSW).

• Etymology: "The epithet translates as 'partly spreading', probably referring to the divaricate basal branches of the inflorescence."

Simon, B.K. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (15 August 1999), Revision of the genus Sporobolus (Poaceae, Chloridoideae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 12(3): 405, Figs 3C, 4E [secondary reference]

Simon, B.K. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Sporobolus. Flora of Australia 44B: 33-334, Fig. 59 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (November 2015), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2014 census to 2015 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2015: 27 [secondary reference]

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