Grisebach, A.H.R. (January 1846), Spicilegium Florae Rumelicae et Bithynicae 2(5/6): 431 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Scleropoa rigida (L.) Griseb.

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 127 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek skleros, hard; poe, grass; alluding to the stiff panicles"

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 99 [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: 546 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 390 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Catapodium Link legitimate

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