Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (June 1816), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 4(1): 282 [tax. nov.]

• Comment: nom. illeg., non J.Koenig (1788).

Hitchcock, A.S. & Chase, M.A. (1917), Grasses of the West Indies. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 18(7): 348 [basionym]

basionym of: Chaetochloa palmifolia (Willd. ex Poir.) Hitchc. & Chase legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Setaria palmifolia (J.Koenig) Stapf legitimate

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