Desvaux, N.A. in Gay, C. (1854), Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile ... Botanica [Flora Chilena] 6: 248 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Valdivia (Gay; Concepcio y Talcahuano (Pavon)."

Cross, D.O. & Vickery, J.W. (22 May 1950), List of the naturalised grasses in New South Wales. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(5): 280 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 526 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Pigeon Grass [n/a]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 66, Fig. 67. [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Pigeon Grass [n/a]

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 236 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 138 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Pigeon Grass [n/a] common name: Bent Pigeon Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 53 [secondary reference]

Simon, B.K. (14 July 1984), Studies in Australian Grasses: 1. Austrobaileya 2(1): 22 [basionym]

basionym of: Setaria gracilis var. pauciseta (Desv.) B.K.Simon legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4: 497 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Setaria gracilis Kunth legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 344 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Setaria gracilis var. pauciseta (Desv.) B.K.Simon legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 601 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Setaria gracilis var. pauciseta (Desv.) B.K.Simon legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguelen legitimate

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