Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 196 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 9 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 131 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 9 [secondary reference]

common name: Hillside Burr-grass [n/a] common name: Scrub Burr-grass [n/a]

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 9 [secondary reference]

common name: Burr-grass [n/a]

Turner, F. (1893), The Grass of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 4(2): 83, Pl. 9 [secondary reference]

common name: Tall Burr Grass [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 611 [secondary reference]

common name: Hillside Burr Grass [n/a]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 332 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 527 [secondary reference]

common name: Spiny Burr Grass [n/a]

Weston, A.S. (23 May 1974), The genus Cenchrus (Poaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 1(4): 378 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus caliculatus Cav. legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 258 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus caliculatus Cav. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 39 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus caliculatus Cav. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 240 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus caliculatus Cav. legitimate

Bean, A.R. (26 February 2007), A new system for determining which plant species are indigenous in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 20(1): 36 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus caliculatus Cav. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 179 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus caliculatus Cav. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus caliculatus Cav. legitimate

Veldkamp, J.F. (2014), A revision of Cenchrus incl. Pennisetum (Gramineae) in Malesia with some general nomenclatural notes. Blumea 59: 66 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus caliculatus Cav. legitimate

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