Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (1 July 1996), Austrostipa, a new genus, and new names for Australasian species formerly included in Stipa (Gramineae). Telopea 6(4): 589 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Stipa variabilis Hughes legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: Included in Austrostipa scabra in SA.
• APC Dist.: WA, SA

Everett, J., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Nairn, L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Stipeae. Flora of Australia 44A: 50, Plate 1, Fig. 6L [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Stipa variabilis Hughes legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stipa pubescens var. effusa Benth. legitimate

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 250-251, photos 1-4 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Stipa variabilis Hughes legitimate

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