Burbidge, N.T. (1960), Further notes on Triodia R.Br. (Gramineae) with description of five new species and one variety. Australian Journal of Botany 8(3): 390 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Dorre I., Shark Bay, W.A., R.D. Royce 5884, 15.vii.1959. "Clumps 1–2 feet high, up to 8 feet diameter, in rings or clumps, red sandy soil"."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 38 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. (29 August 1997), A revision of Triodia including Plectrachne (Poaceae, Eragrostideae, Triodiinae). Australian Systematic Botany 10(3): 460, fig. 22a (map) [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M., Weiller, C.M. & McCusker, A. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Triodia. Flora of Australia 44B: 207, 209, Plate 32 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Anderson, B.M., Thiele, K.R. & Barrett, M.D. (20 October 2017), A revision of the Triodia basedowii species complex and close relatives (Poaceae: Chloridoideae). Australian Systematic Botany 30(3): 222-224, Figs 18, 19 (map) [secondary reference]

• Type: "Western Australia, Shark Bay, Dorre Island, R.D. Royce 5884, 15-Jul-1959 (holo: CANB n.v.; iso: PERTH × 2)."

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