Andrews, F.W. (1956), The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 476-477, Fig. 120 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Andropogon afer J.F.Gmel. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Wall, C.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Ischaemum. Flora of New South Wales 4: 430 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 285 (fig.) [secondary reference]

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

• APC Comment: Recorded as persisting from cultivation in NSW, but not regarded as naturalised in Australia.

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

nomenclatural synonym: Andropogon afer J.F.Gmel. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised)

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