Desvaux, N.A. (1810), Extrait d'un Mémoire sur quelques nouveaux genres de la famille des Graminées. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences par la Societe Philomatique de Paris 2: 189 [tax. nov.]

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812), Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie: 69 [secondary reference]

Desvaux, N.A. in Desvaux, N.A. (ed.) (1813), Memoire sur les Graminees, et sur quelques genres et especes nouvelles de cette famille (1). Journal de Botanique, Appliquee l'Agriculture, a la Pharmacie, a la Medicine et aux Arts 1: 70 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 134 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 632 [secondary reference]

Monod de Froideville, C. (1971), Notes on Malesian grasses. IV. A synopsis of Centotheca and reduction of Ramosia. Blumea 19(1): 58 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Centosteca Desv. orth. var.

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 89 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Centosteca Desv. orth. var.

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 165 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Centosteca Desv. orth. var.

• APC Comment: The original spelling "Centosteca" used by A.N.Desvaux in 1810 was later corrected to "Centotheca" by P. de Beauvois, Agrost. 69 (1812) and then adopted by Desvaux, J. Bot. 1: 70 (1813). For a discussion of the orthography of the generic name see J.R.Reeder, Taxon 30: 348-349 (1981).
• APC Dist.: Qld

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