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• Type: Microchloa setacea (Roxb.) R.Br., nom. illeg.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 134 [secondary reference]

Launert, E. (1966), Senckenbergiana Biologica: Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 47: 291-301 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. (1972), A revision of Australian Chlorideae (Gramineae). Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 5: 48-49 [secondary reference]

Nightingale, M.E., Lazarides, M. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Microchloa. Flora of Australia 44B: 312 APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Rendlia Chiov. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 544 [secondary reference]

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