Hooker, J.D. (April 1896), Gramineae. The Flora of British India 7(21): 15 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Digitaria commutata Schult.f. legitimate

Ridley, H.N. (1906), The botany of Christmas Island. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45: 241 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Edgar, E. (1993), Poaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 497 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Digitaria setigera Roth ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate by Ridley, H.N. (1906), The botany of Christmas Island. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45: 241

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

orthographic variant: Paspalum sanguniale var. commutatum Ridl. orth. var.

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

misapplied to: Digitaria setigera Roth ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate by Ridley, H.N. (1906), The botany of Christmas Island. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45: 241

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