Trinius, C.B. von (1834), Annales des Sciences Naturelles 1: 184 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "V. spp. e Cap. vir."

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 253 [secondary reference]

• Text: " ... has been cultivated experimentally in New South Wales by the Soil Conservation Service ...”

Simon, B.K. (June 1978), A preliminary check-list of Australian grasses. Technical Bulletin, Botany Branch, Queensland Department of Primary Industries 3: 36 [secondary reference]

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

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 66 [secondary reference]

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 189-190 [secondary reference]

Macfarlane, T.D. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Pennisetum. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1204 [secondary reference]

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

misapplication: Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult. legitimate by Hussey, B.M.J., Keighery, G.J., Cousens, R.D., Dodd, J.L. & Lloyd, S.G. (1997), Western Weeds: a guide to the weeds of Western Australia Edn. 1: 64

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (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): 128 [basionym]

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

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cenchrus pedicellatus (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 pedicellatus (Trin.) Morrone legitimate

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