Bailey, F.M. (1891), Contributions to the Queensland flora. Botany Bulletin. Department of Agriculture, Queensland 2: 21 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Lloyd Bay, Cape York Peninsula. The specimens from which the above diagnosis is given were received from T.A. Gulliver, April. 1886."

Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1849 [basionym]

basionym of: Polytoca sclerachne (F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 616 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Polytoca sclerachne (F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey legitimate

Henrard, J.Th. (1931), A contribution to the knowledge of the Indian Maydeae. Mededeelingen van's Rijks-Herbarium 67: 17 [secondary reference]

Hubbard, C.E. (27 December 1933), Hooker's Icones Plantarum 33(1): subt. 3209 [basionym]

basionym of: Cleistochloa sclerachne (F.M.Bailey) C.E.Hubb. legitimate

Henrard, J.Th. (1938), On a new Chionachne from Queensland. Blumea 3(1): 162 [secondary reference]

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 31 [secondary reference]

Jannink, T.A. & Veldkamp, J.F. (2002), Revision of Chionachninae (Gramineae: Andropogoneae). Blumea 47(3): 65 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Type: Gulliver s.n. A[nn]o 1886 (holo BRI; fragm K), Australia, Queensland, Cape York Peninsula, Lloyd bay, April 1886."

Jannink, T.A. & Veldkamp, J.F. (2002), Revision of Chionachninae (Gramineae: Andropogoneae). Blumea 47(3): 574 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cleistochloa sclerachne (F.M.Bailey) C.E.Hubb. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Chionachne hubbardiana Henrard legitimate by Henrard, J.Th. (1931), A contribution to the knowledge of the Indian Maydeae. Mededeelingen van's Rijks-Herbarium 67: 17

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cleistochloa sclerachne (F.M.Bailey) C.E.Hubb. legitimate

Dowe, J.L. & Short, P.S. (2 February 2024), The Gullivers’ travels: Thomas Allen Gulliver (1848–1931), Benjamin John Gulliver (1851–1938) and Susannah Gulliver (1857–1938): their contribution to Australian natural history and horticulture. Swainsona 38: 65 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(here designated): Lloyd Bay, 1886, T.A. Gulliver s.n. (BRI-AQ0318934). Isolectotype: K000674821 (“fragment from type in Hb. Brisbane”) (fide JSTOR-GP, March 2023)."

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