Trinius, C.B. von (1830), Memoires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg. Sixieme Serie. Sciences Mathematiques, Physiques et Naturelles 1: 61 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Aira antarctica G.Forst. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 3, 20 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (April 1854), First general report of the Government Botanist, Dr. F. Muller, on the vegetation of the colony of Victoria, in Australia. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 6: 124 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Trisetum spicatum subsp. australiense Hultén ex Veldkamp legitimate

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