Townrow, J.E.S. (1970), The genus Stipa (L.) in Tasmania: Part I - Introduction and identification. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 104: 85, 96 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Stipa pubescens var. aphylla Rodway legitimate

Vickery, J.W., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (17 August 1986), Taxonomic studies in Stipa (Poaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3(1): 26 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Rodway cites 'Dry hills in Southern Tasmania' without specifying a particular locality. Townrow (on pg. 96) provides an amended description in Latin and English and singles out a 'Syntype': 'Huon Road (Hobart), Rodway, November 1897, Sheet No. 995, Rodway Collection' (HO, not seen) which we here designate as Lectotype, as doubtless was intended by Townrow.

nomenclatural synonym: Stipa pubescens var. aphylla Rodway legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 192 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Stipa pubescens var. aphylla Rodway legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (1 July 1996), Austrostipa, a new genus, and new names for Australasian species formerly included in Stipa (Gramineae). Telopea 6(4): 584 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrostipa aphylla (Rodway) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

Everett, J., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Nairn, L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Stipeae. Flora of Australia 44A: 39 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrostipa aphylla (Rodway) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

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