Thunberg, C.P. (1794), Prodromus Plantarum Capensium 1: 19 [tax. nov.]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 51 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay legitimate

Simon, B.K. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (15 August 1999), Revision of the genus Sporobolus (Poaceae, Chloridoideae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 12(3): 384 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay legitimate

Simon, B.K. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Sporobolus. Flora of Australia 44B: 337 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Agrostis spicatus H.Eichler orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay legitimate

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