Hubbard, C.E. (23 December 1935), Hooker's Icones Plantarum 33(4): subt. 3283, p. 3 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "QUEENSLAND. ... Gilbert River, ... on hard country, Feb. 1927, Brass 1716 (type);"

Nightingale, M.E. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Heterachne. Flora of Australia 44B: 414 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, Qld

Barrett, R.L., Peterson, P.M. & Romaschenko, K. (21 August 2020), A molecular phylogeny of Eragrostis (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Eragrostideae): making lovegrass monophyletic in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 33: 472 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: " AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Burke District, Gilbert River, on hard country, Feb. 1927, L.J.Brass 1716 (lecto, here designated: K 000907211 [image seen (JSTOR 2019)]; isolecto: CANB 24254!)."

Barrett, R.L., Peterson, P.M. & Romaschenko, K. (21 August 2020), A molecular phylogeny of Eragrostis (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Eragrostideae): making lovegrass monophyletic in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 33: 472 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eragrostis lilliputiana R.L.Barrett & P.M.Peterson legitimate

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (24 June 2021), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2020. Nuytsia 32: 12 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eragrostis lilliputiana R.L.Barrett & P.M.Peterson legitimate

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