Hackel, E. (1891), Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin 2: 122 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Panicum incrassatum Hochst. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 202 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Panicum incrassatum Hochst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Setaria porphyrantha Stapf legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 368 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Purple Pigeon Grass [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Panicum incrassatum Hochst. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Hosking, J.R., Conn, B.J., Lepschi, B.J. & Barker, C.H. (2011), Plant species first recognised as naturalised or naturalising for New South Wales in 2004 and 2005. Cunninghamia 12(1): 91 [secondary reference]

common name: Purple Pigeon Grass [n/a]

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