Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1841), Florae Africae Australioris Illustrationes Monographicae. 1. Gramineae: 155 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Devils Mt, Cape, South Africa, Ecklon s.n.; lecto: B; isolecto: K

Stapf, O. in Thiselton-Dyer, W.T. (ed.) (1900), Gramineae. Flora Capensis 7(4): 586 [basionym]

basionym of: Sporobolus indicus var. laxus (Nees) Stapf legitimate

Baaijens, G.J. & Veldkamp, J.F. (1991), Sporobolus (Gramineae) in Malesia. Blumea 35(2): 452 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Devils Mt, Cape, South Africa, Ecklon s.n.; lecto: B; isolecto: 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: 337 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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