Bailey, F.M. (September 1897), Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 1(3): 234 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "On rock, Hammond Island, Torres Strait."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 603, Fig. 584 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 290 [basionym]

basionym of: Eriochloa acrotricha var. decumbens (F.M.Bailey) Domin legitimate

Bor, N.L. (1960), Grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan: 312 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eriochloa nubica (Steud.) Thell. ex Bor legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (1961), Gramineae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 19(1): 81 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eriochloa procera (Retz.) C.E.Hubb. legitimate

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 92 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (20 June 1988), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 6: 3 [secondary reference]

Macfarlane, T.D. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Eriochloa. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1173-1174 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Poaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 295 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eriochloa procera (Retz.) C.E.Hubb. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Eriochloa fatmensis (Hochst. ex Steud.) Clayton legitimate

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