Schumacher, H.C.F. & Thonning, P. (1827), Beskrivelse af Guineiske Planter: 58-59 [tax. nov.]

Oliver, D., Thiselton Dyer, W.T., Prain, D. & Hill, A.W. in Oliver, D., Thiselton Dyer, W.T., Prain, D. & Hill, A.W. (ed.) (1930), Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 795 [basionym]

basionym of: Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 266 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 237 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. legitimate

Clayton, W.D. (1979), Notes on Setaria (Gramineae). Kew Bulletin 33(3): 505 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Type: Ghana Thonning (C, holotype!)."

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 203 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. legitimate

Crespo, M.B., Alonso, M.A., Martínez-Azorín, M. & Sáez, L. (4 August 2020), Miscellaneous notes on nomenclature and taxonomy of some Old World names in tribe Paniceae (Panicoideae, Poaceae). Phytotaxa 454(4): 248 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: ' (first-step designation as ‘holotype’ by Clayton 1979: 505):—[GHANA]. Hb. Schum[acher]. Guin[ea], P. Thonning s.n. (C s.n.); second-step lectotype (designated here):—HB. SCHUM. Panicum (helvelum affin: crossed out) Guin: D. Th: (notatum: crossed out) sphacelatum m: Collectan: Setaria gracilis? Humb. and Kunth Panicum glaucum a Trin. [IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 77 II,4-5] (C10004281 [digital image!]; available at https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.c10004281)."

Crespo, M.B., Alonso, M.A., Martínez-Azorín, M. & Sáez, L. (4 August 2020), Miscellaneous notes on nomenclature and taxonomy of some Old World names in tribe Paniceae (Panicoideae, Poaceae). Phytotaxa 454(4): 248 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. legitimate

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