Willdenow, C.L. (April 1806), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 4(2): 941 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Elionurus tripsacoides Willd.

Kunth, K.S. (1815), Memoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 2: - [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 510 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 131 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 2: 4 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 619 [secondary reference]

Roberty, G.E. (July 1960), Monographie systématique des Andropogonées du globe. Boissiera 9: 257-267 [secondary reference]

Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1986), Genera Graminum: 362 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 247 [secondary reference]

Simon, B.K. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Elionurus. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1157 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Wall, C.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Elionurus. Flora of New South Wales 4: 431 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 91 (fig.), 235-236 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from the Greek for 'bending' and 'tail'."

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 302 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Elyonurus Willd. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Elyonurus Willd. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW

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