Hubbard, C.E. (December 1936), Hooker's Icones Plantarum 34(1): subt. 3312, p. 14 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "between Norman and Gilbert Rivers, Gulliver (type)"

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 62 [secondary reference]

Nightingale, M.E. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Ectrosia. Flora of Australia 44B: 437-438 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NT, 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: 470 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Burke District, between Norman and Gilbert rivers, [1874], T.Gulliver s.n. (lecto: K 000907200 designated here; isolecto: BM 000991659 [images seen for both (JSTOR 2019)])."

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: 470 [basionym]

basionym of: Eragrostis confusa (C.E.Hubb.) R.L.Barrett & P.M.Peterson legitimate

Dowe, J.L. & Short, P.S. (2 February 2024), The Gullivers’ travels: Thomas Allen Gulliver (1848–1931), Benjamin John Gulliver (1851–1938) and Susannah Gulliver (1857–1938): their contribution to Australian natural history and horticulture. Swainsona 38: 65 [secondary reference]

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