Hitchcock, A.S. (1927), Two new species of Setaria from Western Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 52: 185 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Murchison District, Western Australia, G. Buchanan, H. 201, April, 1925."

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 7 [secondary reference]

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 207 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Setaria dielsii R.A.W.Herrm. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Setaria buchanani Hitchc. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Setaria dielsii R.A.W.Herrm. legitimate

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