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 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Cenchrus setosus Sw. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Pennisetum setosum (Sw.) Rich. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cenchrus setosus Sw. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Pennisetum setosum (Sw.) Rich. legitimate misapplication: Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult. subsp. polystachion legitimate by Kerrigan, R.A. & Albrecht, D.E. (ed.) (March 2007), Checklist of Northern Territory Vascular Plant Species: [unnumbered page]

• APC Dist.: NT (naturalised)

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cenchrus setosus Sw. legitimate

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