Summerhayes, V.S. & Hubbard, C.E. (1930), A supplement to the grasses of the Fiji Islands. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1930(6): 259 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Panicum pallidefuscum Schumach. legitimate

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: Queensland Pigeon Grass [n/a]

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 240 [secondary reference]

• Text: "... has been cultivated experimentally at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, but there is no evidence it has become naturalized in this state".

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 66 [secondary reference]

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 212 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 202 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Setaria pumila subsp. pallidefusca (Schumach.) B.K.Simon legitimate

Veldkamp, J.F. (1994), Miscellaneous notes on Southeast Asian Gramineae. IX. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39(1/2): 380 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Setaria pumila subsp. pallidefusca (Schumach.) B.K.Simon legitimate

Simon, B.K. (7 December 2010), New taxa, nomenclatural changes and notes on Australian grasses in the tribe Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Austrobaileya 8(2): 215 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Setaria pumila subsp. subtesselata (Buse) B.K.Simon legitimate

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