Steudel, E.G. von (1854), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1(2): 109 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hrbr. un. it arab. nr. 973 et 974. ... Arabia felix."

• Comment: Index Kewensis gives E.G.Steudel in Nom. Bot. ed. 2, 1 (1840) 217) however the name given there is not accompanied by a description.

Pirotta, P.R. (1908), Flora della colonia Eritrea. Annuario del Reale Istituto Botanico di Roma 8(3): 326 [basionym]

basionym of: Cenchrus ciliaris var. pennisetiformis (Hochst. & Steud.) Chiov. ex Pirotta legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 284 [secondary reference]

common name: White Buffel 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 ciliaris L. legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 256-257 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cenchrus ciliaris var. pennisetiformis (Hochst. & Steud.) Chiov. ex Pirotta legitimate common name: White Buffel Grass [n/a]

• Comment: Cited as Cenchrus pennisetiformis Hochst. & Steud. ex Steud.

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 73 [secondary reference]

common name: White Buffel Grass [n/a]

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

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 480 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus ciliaris L. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus ciliaris L. legitimate

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 22 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus ciliaris L. legitimate

Macfarlane, T.D. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cenchrus. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1135 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus ciliaris L. legitimate

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

common name: A Buffel Grass [n/a]

Wipff, J.K. (2001), Nomenclatural changes in Pennisetum (Poaceae: Paniceae). Sida; contributions to botany 19(3): 527 [basionym]

basionym of: Pennisetum pennisetiforme (Hochst. & Steud.) Wipff legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 181 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Buffel Grass [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cenchrus ciliaris var. pennisetiformis (Hochst. & Steud.) Chiov. ex Pirotta legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Pennisetum pennisetiforme (Hochst. & Steud.) Wipff legitimate pro parte misapplication: Cenchrus ciliaris L. legitimate by Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Gramineae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 1961

• APC Comment: Included in Cenchrus ciliaris (as Pennisetum ciliare) in Qld.
• APC Dist.: NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (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): 191 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Pennisetum pennisetiforme (Hochst. & Steud.) Wipff legitimate

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