Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 612 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Queensland. Cashmere, Armit ... Central Australia. Charlotte Waters, Giles, ...

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 134 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 627 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 366 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 11 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 131, Fig. 174 [secondary reference]

pro parte taxonomic synonym: Chloris divaricata var. minor J.M.Black legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 217 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. (1972), A revision of Australian Chlorideae (Gramineae). Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 5: 15-17 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Northern Territory: central Australia; Charlotte Waters, Giles (hololectotype in K, isolectotype in MEL).

taxonomic synonym: Chloris divaricata var. minor J.M.Black legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 220 [secondary reference]

Anderson, D.E. (1974), Brigham Young University. Science Bulletin. Biological Series 19 (2): 86-87 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Chloris divaricata var. minor J.M.Black legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chloris pectinata var. typica Domin nom. inval.

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 74, Fig. 14c [secondary reference]

common name: Comb Chloris [n/a] common name: Comb Windmill Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 39 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Chloris divaricata var. minor J.M.Black legitimate

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 464 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Chloris divaricata var. minor J.M.Black legitimate common name: Comb chloris [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 31 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 61 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M., Quinn, F. & Palmer, J. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Chloris. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1140, Fig. 321C [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Chloris divaricata var. muelleri Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chloris divaricata var. minor J.M.Black legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chloris pectinata var. fallax Domin legitimate common name: Comb Chloris [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4: 519 [secondary reference]

common name: Comb Chloris [n/a]

Nightingale, M.E., Lazarides, M. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Chloris. Flora of Australia 44B: 276, 278, Figs 41A, 43D [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Chloris divaricata var. muelleri Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chloris divaricata var. minor J.M.Black legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chloris pectinata var. fallax Domin legitimate common name: Comb Chloris [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Chloris pectinata Benth. var. pectinata legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chloris divaricata var. muelleri Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chloris divaricata var. minor J.M.Black legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chloris pectinata var. fallax Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chloris pectinata var. typica Domin nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 184 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Comb Chloris [n/a]

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