Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 2: 258 [nom. nov.]

replaced synonym: Cenchrus inflexus R.Br. nom. illeg.

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 220 [secondary reference]

Weston, A.S. (23 May 1974), The genus Cenchrus (Poaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 1(4): 376, Fig. 1D [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cenchrus inflexus R.Br. nom. illeg.

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 263 [secondary reference]

• Text: “… has been cultivated experimentally at Grafton Agricultural Research Station ..."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 31 [secondary reference]

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 21-22 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cenchrus inflexus R.Br. nom. illeg.

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Edgar, E. (1993), Poaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 499-500, Fig. 93E-F [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cenchrus inflexus R.Br. nom. illeg. common name: Burr Grass [n/a]

Pike, G.D. & Leach, G.J. (1997), Handbook of the vascular plants of Ashmore and Cartier Islands: 78-79 [secondary reference]

common name: Burr grass [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cenchrus inflexus R.Br. nom. illeg.

• APC Dist.: ChI (naturalised), AR (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

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