Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 55 [tax. nov.]

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: 303 [basionym]

basionym of: Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng. legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 251 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 238 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng. legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 612 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng. legitimate

Chemisquy, M.A, Giussani, L.M., Scataglini, M.A. & Kellogg, E.A. (2010), Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus. Annals of Botany new ser., 106(1): 127 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus compressus (R.Br.) Morrone legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus purpurascens Thunb. legitimate

Veldkamp, J.F. (2014), A revision of Cenchrus incl. Pennisetum (Gramineae) in Malesia with some general nomenclatural notes. Blumea 59: 70 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus purpurascens Thunb. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus purpurascens Thunb. legitimate

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