Willdenow, C.L. (1801), Einige seltene gewächse. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschenden Freunde zu Berlin, Neue Schriften 3: 416 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Wächst an der malabarischen Küste bei Tangore auf Reifsäckern..."

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1815), Plantarum minus cognitarum pugillus 2: 21 [basionym]

basionym of: Sesleria spicata (Willd.) Spreng. legitimate

Camus, E.G. & Camus, A.A. in Lecomte, P.H. (January 1923), Graminees. Flore Generale de l'Indo-Chine 7(5): 547 [basionym]

basionym of: Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A.Camus legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 86 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A.Camus legitimate

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 444 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A.Camus legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 142 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A.Camus legitimate

Linder, H.P. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Trib. Danthonieae. Flora of Australia 44B: 22 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A.Camus legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Dactylis spicatus Lazarides orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A.Camus legitimate

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