Willdenow, C.L. (1809), Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Botanici Berolinensis 2: 1029 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Chloris mucronata Michx. legitimate

Schweinfurth, G.A. (1894), Sammlung arabisch-aethiopischer Pflanzen Ergebnisse von Reisen in den Jahren 1881, 88, 89, 91 und 92. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 2, Appendix 2: 34 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dactyloctenium aegyptium var. mucronatum (Michx.) Schweinf. legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 176 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. legitimate

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