Trinius, C.B. von (1826), De Graminibus Paniceis: 64 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "V. spp. e Cap. b. sp. (LINH. SWARTZ.)"

Ewart, A.J. (1908), Contributions to the Flora of Australia No. VIII. The Victorian Naturalist 24(12): 192 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1933), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 31. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 143 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 77 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 278 [secondary reference]

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: African Feather Grass [n/a]

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 250 [secondary reference]

common name: African Feather 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]

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: 975-976 [secondary reference]

common name: African Feather Grass [n/a]

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 188 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4: 500 [secondary reference]

common name: African Feather Grass [n/a]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 351, Fig. 121 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum giganteum A.Rich. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gymnotrix gigantea (A.Rich.) Walp. legitimate common name: African Feather Grass [n/a]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 612 [secondary reference]

common name: African Feather-grass [n/a]

Lazarides, M., Cowley, K. & Hohnen, P. (1997), CSIRO Handbook of Australian Weeds: 201 [secondary reference]

common name: African Feather Grass [n/a]

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

common name: African Feather Grass [n/a]

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: African Feather Grass [n/a]

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): 128 [basionym]

basionym of: Cenchrus macrourus (Trin.) 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 macrourus (Trin.) 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 macrourus (Trin.) Morrone legitimate

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