Vickery, J.W., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (17 August 1986), Taxonomic studies in Stipa (Poaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3(1): 27 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "NORTHERN TERRITORY: Waterhouse Range, 24°02′S, 133°36′E, P.K. Latz 6349, 3 February 1976. Erect perennial. Rare in skeletal soil, walls of gully, sandstone hill (NT)."

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 67 [secondary reference]

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 [basionym]

basionym of: Austrostipa aquarii (Vickery, S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett) 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: 17 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrostipa aquarii (Vickery, S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

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