Roxburgh, W. (1832), Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh Edn. 2, 3: 569-570 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Is found in rice fields, and on the banks of water courses, in a moist, rich soil in the Northern Circars."

Aitchison, J.E.T. (1869), Catalogue of the Plants of the Punjab and Sindh: 157 [basionym]

basionym of: Chionachne barbata (Roxb.) Aitch. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 515 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Chionachne barbata (Roxb.) Aitch. legitimate

Hooker, J.D. (April 1896), Gramineae. The Flora of British India 7(21): 102 [basionym]

basionym of: Polytoca barbata (Roxb.) Stapf legitimate

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