Mueller, F.J.H. von (1870), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 7(55): 118 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad Rockhampton prope Herbert's Creek; E. Bowman."

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 10 [secondary reference]

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): 370, Fig. 84 [secondary reference]

Clayton, W.D. (1967), Studies in the Gramineae: XIII. Kew Bulletin 21(1): 108 [basionym]

basionym of: Enteropogon unispiceus (F.Muell.) Clayton legitimate

Lazarides, M. (1972), A revision of Australian Chlorideae (Gramineae). Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 5: 25 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Queensland: Port Curtis District; Herbert's Creek, Rockhampton, Bowman (holotype in MEL, isotypes in K, E, L, BR)."

Lazarides, M. (1972), A revision of Australian Chlorideae (Gramineae). Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 5: 25 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Enteropogon unispiceus (F.Muell.) Clayton legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 161 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Enteropogon unispiceus (F.Muell.) Clayton legitimate

Nightingale, M.E., Lazarides, M. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Enteropogon. Flora of Australia 44B: 288 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Enteropogon unispiceus (F.Muell.) Clayton legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 243 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Enteropogon unispiceus (F.Muell.) Clayton legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Enteropogon unispiceus (F.Muell.) Clayton legitimate

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