Schrader, H.A. (1821), Gottingische Gelehrte Anzeigen unter der Aufsicht der Königl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften 3: 2073 [tax. nov.]

• Type: South Africa: Cape Province, Hesse s.n.

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1841), Florae Africae Australioris Illustrationes Monographicae. 1. Gramineae: 397 [secondary reference]

• Type: "in collibus ad Zondagrivier fluvium alt. 1500–2000', in rupibus ad Colesberg alt. 4500', in confluente Sternbergs pruit rivuli et Garip fluvii alt. 4000' et inter Windvogelberg et Zwartkey alt. 4000–4500', (Drège)."

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1841), Florae Africae Australioris Illustrationes Monographicae. 1. Gramineae: 397 [basionym]

basionym of: Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees legitimate

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 460 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 170 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 327 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 562 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees legitimate

Lazarides, M. (18 April 1997), A revision of Eragrostis (Eragrostideae, Eleusininae, Poaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 10(1): 111 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees legitimate

Veldkamp, J.F. (2002), Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47(1): 173 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees legitimate

Palmer, J., Lazarides, M., McCusker, A. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Eragrostis. Flora of Australia 44B: 358 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees legitimate

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