Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1050 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Virginiae maritimis."

Ewart, A.J. (1907), Unrecorded introduced plants. The Victorian Naturalist 24(1): 15 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 61 [secondary reference]

common name: Bur Grass [n/a]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 7 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 76 [secondary reference]

common name: Bur Grass [n/a]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 288 [secondary reference]

common name: Burr Grass [n/a]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 46 [secondary reference]

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): 379-380 [secondary reference]

common name: Dune Sandburr [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fernald legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 288

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cenchrus incertus M.A.Curtis legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 288

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Cenchrus incertus M.A.Curtis legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 76

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

misapplied to: Cenchrus spinifex Cav. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 76

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

misapplied to: Cenchrus spinifex Cav. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 76

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