Hochstetter, C.F.F. (1903), Annuario del Reale Istituto Botanico di Roma 8: 41, pl. 5, Fig. 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Abyssinia legit W. Schimper n. 2804"

Breakwell, E. (1923), Grasses and Fodder Plants of New South Wales: 95 [secondary reference]

(1926), Journal of the Department of Agriculture South Australia 30: 56 [secondary reference]

Cross, D.O. & Vickery, J.W. (22 May 1950), List of the naturalised grasses in New South Wales. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(5): 279 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 281-282 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum inclusum Pilg. legitimate common name: Kikuyu grass [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: 527 [secondary reference]

common name: Kikuyu Grass [n/a]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 47 [secondary reference]

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 243-244 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Pennisetum longistylum var. clandestinum (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Leeke legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum inclusum Pilg. legitimate common name: Kikuyu Grass [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 128 [secondary reference]

common name: Kikuyu Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 50 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 36 [secondary reference]

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 141 [secondary reference]

common name: Kikuyu grass [n/a]

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: 975 [secondary reference]

common name: Kikuyu Grass [n/a]

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 186-197 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 237 [secondary reference]

common name: Kikuyu Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4: 498-499 [secondary reference]

common name: Kikuyu Grass [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 492 [secondary reference]

common name: Kikuyu Grass [n/a]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 348-349, Fig. 120 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Pennisetum longistylum var. clandestinum (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Leeke legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum inclusum Pilg. legitimate common name: Kikuyu grass [n/a]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 613-614 [secondary reference]

common name: Kikuyu [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 426 [secondary reference]

common name: Kikuyu [n/a]

Scholz, H.W. (2006), Feddes Repertorium Beiheft 117(7-8): 513 [basionym]

basionym of: Kikuyuochloa clandestina (Hochst. ex Chiov.) H.Scholz legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 333 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Kikuyu [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Kikuyuochloa clandestina (Hochst. ex Chiov.) H.Scholz legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Chemisquy, M.A, Giussani, L.M., Scataglini, M.A. & Kellogg, E.A. (2010), Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus. Annals of Botany new ser., 106(1): 127 [basionym]

basionym of: Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone legitimate

Simon, B.K. (7 December 2010), New taxa, nomenclatural changes and notes on Australian grasses in the tribe Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Austrobaileya 8(2): 191 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone legitimate

Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 516 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone legitimate

Gutierrez, H.F. (February 2014), (2259) Proposal to conserve the name Pennisetum clandestinum (Cenchrus clandestinus) against P. longistylum (Poaceae). Taxon 63(1): 189 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum longistylum Hochst. ex A.Rich. legitimate

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 372 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone legitimate

Wilson, K.L. (October 2016), Report of the General Committee: 15. Taxon 65(5): 1150 [secondary reference]

• Text: "(2259) cons. Pennisetum clandestinum (the GC agreed with the NCVP that conservation is not necessary because taxonomic experts in the group agree that these names represent two different species);"

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