Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 182 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (T.) v.v.

Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 2: 599 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Triodia viscida Roem. & Schult. nom. illeg.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1 April 1859), Report on the Plants Collected During Mr. Babbage's Expedition into the North West Interior of South Australia in 1858. Quarterly Journal and Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria 2(5): 45 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 135 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 6 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 789 [basionym]

basionym of: Sieglingia pungens (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 629 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 384-385, Fig. 90 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Triodia viscida Roem. & Schult. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Festuca viscida (Roem. & Schult.) F.Muell. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 74 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 9 [secondary reference]

Hubbard, C.E. (December 1936), Hooker's Icones Plantarum 34(1): t. 3336 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Triodia viscida Roem. & Schult. nom. illeg.

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 112 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. (1946), A revision of the Western Australian species of Triodia R.Br. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 30: 20-23 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Triodia cunninghamii Benth. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 74 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Triodia viscida Roem. & Schult. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Festuca viscida (Roem. & Schult.) F.Muell. legitimate common name: Hills Spinifex [n/a] common name: Coastal Spinifex [n/a] common name: Gummy Spinifex [n/a] common name: Soft Spinifex [n/a]

Burbidge, N.T. (1953), The Genus Triodia R.Br. (Gramineae). Australian Journal of Botany 1(1): 141-145 [secondary reference]

• Type: as "North coast, R. Brown."

nomenclatural synonym: Triodia viscida Roem. & Schult. nom. illeg.

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 445 [secondary reference]

common name: soft spinifex [n/a] common name: Gummy spinifex [n/a]

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

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Triodia. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1234 [secondary reference]

common name: Gummy Spinifex [n/a] common name: Soft Spinifex [n/a]

Lazarides, M. (29 August 1997), A revision of Triodia including Plectrachne (Poaceae, Eragrostideae, Triodiinae). Australian Systematic Botany 10(3): 464, fig. 22d (map) [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Triodia viscida Roem. & Schult. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Triodia pungens f. microstachya Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Triodia vulnerans Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Triodia pungens var. linearis N.T.Burb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Triodia pungens var. parvidentata N.T.Burb. legitimate

Lazarides, M., Weiller, C.M. & McCusker, A. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Triodia. Flora of Australia 44B: 234, 236 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Triodia viscida Roem. & Schult. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Festuca viscida (Roem. & Schult.) F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Sieglingia pungens (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Triodia vulnerans Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Triodia pungens f. microstachya Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Triodia pungens var. linearis N.T.Burb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Triodia pungens var. parvidentata N.T.Burb. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Sieglingia pungens (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Triodia pungens R.Br. f. pungens legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Triodia pungens R.Br. var. pungens legitimate taxonomic synonym: Triodia viscida Roem. & Schult. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Festuca viscida (Roem. & Schult.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Triodia pungens f. microstachya Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Triodia vulnerans Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Triodia pungens var. linearis N.T.Burb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Triodia pungens var. parvidentata N.T.Burb. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld

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

misapplied to: Triodia basedowii E.Pritz. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 112

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): 202 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Triodia basedowii E.Pritz. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 74

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Triodia basedowii E.Pritz. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 112

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