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

basionym: Dactylis spicata Willd. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 86 [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: Sessleria spicata Spreng. 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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