Cavanilles, A.J. (April 1799), Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 5: 38, t. 461 [tax. nov.]

Simon, B.K. (7 December 2010), New taxa, nomenclatural changes and notes on Australian grasses in the tribe Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Austrobaileya 8(2): 192 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cenchrus incertus M.A.Curtis legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Cenchrus incertus M.A.Curtis legitimate misapplication: Cenchrus tribuloides L. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 76

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

Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 510 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cenchrus incertus M.A.Curtis legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cenchrus incertus M.A.Curtis legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cenchrus pauciflorus Benth. legitimate misapplication: Cenchrus tribuloides L. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 76

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

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