Burbidge, N.T. (1953), The Genus Triodia R.Br. (Gramineae). Australian Journal of Botany 1(1): 167, 169, fig. 14a [explicit autonym]

nomenclatural synonym: Festuca irritans (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Triodia aristata J.M.Black legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 223 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Triodia irritans R.Br. legitimate

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