Steudel, E.G. von (1854), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1(2): 154 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Natal, Umzinkulu to Umkomass rivers, South Africa, Drege s.n.; iso:K.

Simon, B.K. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (15 August 1999), Revision of the genus Sporobolus (Poaceae, Chloridoideae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 12(3): 403 [secondary reference]

Simon, B.K. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Sporobolus. Flora of Australia 44B: 336 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sporobolus natalensis (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz legitimate

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