Curtis, M.A. (1837), Boston Journal of Natural History 1: 135 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Found at Smithville in cultivated fields."

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 286 [secondary reference]

common name: Burr Grass [n/a]

Twentyman, J.D. (20 December 1972), Notes on two species of Cenchrus (Gramineae) in Australia. Muelleria 2(3): 164-166 [secondary reference]

Weston, A.S. (23 May 1974), The genus Cenchrus (Poaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 1(4): 379, Fig. 1B [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cenchrus pauciflorus Benth. legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 262-263 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cenchrus pauciflorus Benth. legitimate common name: Sand Burr [n/a] common name: Bohena Beauty [n/a] common name: Mexican Burr [n/a] common name: Gentle Annia [n/a] common name: Innocent Weed [n/a] common name: Spiny Burr Grass [n/a] common name: Burr Grass [n/a] common name: Hedgehog Grass [n/a] common name: Bayonet Grass [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 72 [secondary reference]

common name: Spring Burr [n/a] common name: Sandburr [n/a] common name: Coast Sandburr [n/a] common name: Bohena Beauty [n/a] common name: Mexican Burr [n/a] common name: Gentle Annie [n/a] common name: Innocent Weed [n/a] common name: Burr Grass [n/a] common name: Hedgehog Grass [n/a] common name: Bayonet Grass [n/a] common name: Spiny Burr Grass [n/a]

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

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

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Poaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 947 [secondary reference]

common name: Spiny Burrgrass [n/a]

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 25-26 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cenchrus pauciflorus Benth. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 241 [secondary reference]

pro parte taxonomic synonym: Cenchrus pauciflorus Benth. legitimate common name: Spiny Burrgrass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4: 502-503 [secondary reference]

common name: A Spiny Burrgrass [n/a]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 615, Fig. 124k [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cenchrus pauciflorus Benth. legitimate common name: Lesser Burr-grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 180 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Bayonet Burr [n/a] common name: Spiny Burrgrass [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Cenchrus pauciflorus Benth. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Cenchrus tribuloides L. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 288 misapplication: Cenchrus tribuloides L. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 76

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (doubtfully naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus spinifex Cav. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus spinifex Cav. legitimate

Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 510 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus spinifex Cav. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus spinifex Cav. legitimate

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