Sprengel, C.P.J. in Sprengel, C.P.J. (ed.) (January 1821), Species Plantarum minus cognitae. Neue Entdeckungen im ganzen Umfang der Pflanzenkunde 2: 76 [tax. nov.]

Kunth, K.S. (1833), Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 1: 158 [basionym]

basionym of: Gymnotrix japonica (Trin.) Kunth legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus purpurascens Thunb. legitimate

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