Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 208 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Rottboellia setacea Roxb. legitimate

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

Lazarides, M. (1972), A revision of Australian Chlorideae (Gramineae). Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 5: 48 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Microchloa indica (L.f.) P.Beauv. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Microchloa indica (L.f.) P.Beauv. legitimate

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