Brongniart, A.T. in Duperrey, L.I. (ed.) (1831), Phanerogamie. Voyage Autour du Monde. Botanique 2: 90, t. 17 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Loc. Bourou, dans les iles Moluques."

Trinius, C.B. von (March 1836), Graminum in hisce actis a se editorum generibus ac speciebus supplementa addit. Memoires de l'Academie Imperiale des sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Sixieme serie 4, 2(1): 90 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Pollinia articulata Trin. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(63): 118 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Erianthus articulatus F.Muell. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 25 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pollinia articulata Trin. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 775 [basionym]

basionym of: Eulalia contorta (Brongn.) Kuntze legitimate

Druce, G.C. (1917), Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 641 [basionym]

basionym of: Pollinia contorta (Brongn.) Druce legitimate

Camus, A.A. (1922), Notes sur quelques genres de Graminees. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon n. ser., 68: 205 [basionym]

basionym of: Pseudopogonatherum contortum (Brongn.) A.Camus legitimate

Roberty, G.E. (July 1960), Monographie systématique des Andropogonées du globe. Boissiera 9: 387 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Pogonatherum contortus F.M.Bailey orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pseudopogonatherum contortum (Brongn.) A.Camus legitimate

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