Hubbard, C.E. (March 1939), Hooker's Icones Plantarum 34(4): subt. 3385 p. 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "QUEENSLAND. Burke District: Settlement Creek, sandstone ridges Feb. 1923,Brass 315 (Herb. Kew., Herb. Brisban.). NORTHERN TERRITORY. Victoria River, May 1856, Mueller; Sea (Ellesmore) Range, Dec. 1855, Mueller. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. East Kimberley: King River, Oct. 1906, Fitzgerald 1669 (K. 287) Herb. Kew., Herb. Perth.)."

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 223 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 66 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. (29 August 1997), A revision of Triodia including Plectrachne (Poaceae, Eragrostideae, Triodiinae). Australian Systematic Botany 10(3): 413 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Queensland: Burke District; Settlement Creek, ii.1923, L.J.Brass 315 (CANB, lectotype designated here; isolectotype, BRI, K).

Lazarides, M. (29 August 1997), A revision of Triodia including Plectrachne (Poaceae, Eragrostideae, Triodiinae). Australian Systematic Botany 10(3): 413 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Triodia bitextura Lazarides legitimate

Lazarides, M., Weiller, C.M. & McCusker, A. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Triodia. Flora of Australia 44B: 241 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Triodia bitextura Lazarides legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Plectrachne pungens var. callosum C.E.Hubb. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Triodia bitextura Lazarides legitimate

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