Simon, B.K. (14 July 1984), Studies in Australian Grasses: 1. Austrobaileya 2(1): 21 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland – Cook District: Cape York, Daemel (MEL sub MEL 604905, holotypus, photo in BRI)."

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 24 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus elymoides F.Muell. legitimate

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

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Simon, B.K. (7 December 2010), New taxa, nomenclatural changes and notes on Australian grasses in the tribe Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Austrobaileya 8(2): 192 [basionym]

basionym of: Cenchrus brevisetosus (B.K.Simon) B.K.Simon legitimate

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (8 March 2022), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2021. Nuytsia 33: 5 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cenchrus brevisetosus (B.K.Simon) B.K.Simon legitimate

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