Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1841), Florae Africae Australioris Illustrationes Monographicae. 1. Gramineae: 285 [tax. nov.]

Steudel, E.G. von (1841), Nomenclator Botanicus Edn. 2, 2(10): 298 [basionym]

basionym of: Pentameris patula (Nees) Steud. legitimate

Stapf, O. in Thiselton-Dyer, W.T. (ed.) (1899), Gramineae. Flora Capensis 7(3): 510 [basionym]

basionym of: Pentaschistis patula (Nees) Stapf legitimate

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