Kunth, K.S. (1833), Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 1: 502 [tax. nov.]

Hitchcock, A.S. (1929), Lingnan Science Journal 7: 249 [basionym]

basionym of: Sorghum propinquum (Kunth) Hitchc. legitimate

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Edgar, E. (1993), Poaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 504 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sorghum propinquum (Kunth) Hitchc. legitimate

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