Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 78 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 34 [secondary reference]

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 174 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 132 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Streptachne R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Urachne Trin. nom. superfl.

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 622 [secondary reference]

Nash, G.V. in Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), Gramineae. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 1: 176 [secondary reference]

• Type: Stipa pennata L.

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 64-65 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek stype tow: alluding to the fibre obtained from Esparto Grass (S. tenacissima, L.)"

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 84 [secondary reference]

common name: Corkscrew-grass [n/a] common name: Spear-grass [n/a]

• Etymology: "Greek stype tow; alluding to the fibre obtained from Esparto Grass (S. tenacissima, L.)"

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 169 [secondary reference]

common name: Spear Grasses [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 531 [secondary reference]

common name: Spear Grasses [n/a]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 52-54 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 53 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 436 [secondary reference]

Vickery, J.W., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (17 August 1986), Taxonomic studies in Stipa (Poaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3(1): 14 [secondary reference]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Poaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 993 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 103 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Stipa. Flora of New South Wales 4: 639-640 [secondary reference]

common name: Speargrasses [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 449-450 [secondary reference]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 184-185 [secondary reference]

common name: Spear Grass [n/a]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 373-376 [secondary reference]

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