Richard, L.C.M. in Persoon, C.H. (1805), Pennisetum. Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum 1: 72 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cenchrus setosus Sw. legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 253 [secondary reference]

• Text: “… has been cultivated experimentally at Grafton Agricultural Research Station ..."

Brunken, J.N. (1979), Morphometric variation and the classification of Pennisetum section Brevivalvula (Gramineae) in tropical Africa. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 79: 63 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pennisetum polystachion subsp. setosum (Sw.) Brunken legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pennisetum polystachion subsp. setosum (Sw.) Brunken legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cenchrus setosus Sw. legitimate

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