Hochstetter, C.F.F. (1841), Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 24: 276 [primary reference]

• Type: (not cited).

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 30(5): 316 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 266 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. legitimate

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