Linnaeus, C. [filius] (1779), Nova Graminum Genera: 40, pl. 1 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Aegilops exaltata L. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 19 [secondary reference]

• Text: "A strong reedy grass."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 617 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 52 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1985), Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 29. Taxon 34(4): 659-660 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Proposal 667. Rottboellia exaltata L. f. 1782 vs. R. exaltata (L.) L. f. 1779 (Gramineae). Proposed by B. K. Simon in Taxon 31: 564-565. 1982. Votes 7-5."

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 66 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1988), Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 35. Taxon 37: 140 [secondary reference]

• Text: "... have failed by a narrow vote (667 Rottboellia exaltata, a weed of negative economic importance, by 7-5..."

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Wall, C.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Rottboellia. Flora of New South Wales 4: 429 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ophiuros exaltatus (L.) Kuntze legitimate

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