Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (15 April 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(1): 70 [tax. nov.]

• Type: in distr. Coolgardie pr. Bullabulling in silvis apertis lapidoso-lutosis fl. m. Oct. (D. 5954).

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 8 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 179 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Stipa drummondii Steud. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stipa luehmannii Reader legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stipa horrifolia J.M.Black legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 37 [secondary reference]

Vickery, J.W., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (17 August 1986), Taxonomic studies in Stipa (Poaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3(1): 96 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Cited in the protologue as `Hab. in distr. Coolgardie pr. Bullabulling in silvis apertis lapidosis-lutosis fl. m. Oct. (D [Diels] 5954)'. Prof. H. Scholz of the Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Berlin-Dahlem, has advised us that the Holotype is no longer in existence at B. There is a duplicate specimen labelled `W. Australia: Dist. Coolgardie, Bullabulling, Diels n. 5954' in Diels's handwriting in MEL (MEL 59877) and we here designate this specimen as the Lectotype

Vickery, J.W., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (17 August 1986), Taxonomic studies in Stipa (Poaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3(1): 95 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stipa puberula Steud. legitimate

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 2 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stipa puberula Steud. legitimate

Sharp, D. & Simon, B.K. (2002), AusGrass - Grasses of Australia: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Austrostipa puberula (Steud.) 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: 58 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Austrostipa puberula (Steud.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

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