Chiovenda, E. (1923), Bullettino delle Societe Botanica Italiana: 113 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Phalaris setacea Forssk. legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 247-248 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Phalaris setacea Forssk. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum ruppellii Steud. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum ruppellii Steud. legitimate misapplication: Pennisetum orientale Rich. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 280 common name: Fountain Grass [n/a]

• Text: “… has been cultivated experimentally at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney."

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 128-129 [secondary reference]

common name: Fountain 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: 976 [secondary reference]

common name: Fountain Grass [n/a]

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 192 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 238-239 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Phalaris setacea Forssk. legitimate common name: Fountain 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: 499, pl. 27 [secondary reference]

common name: Fountain Grass [n/a]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 612-613 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Phalaris setacea Forssk. legitimate common name: Fountain-grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 334 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Fountain Grass [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Phalaris setacea Forssk. legitimate misapplication: Pennisetum orientale Rich. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 280 misapplication: Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng. legitimate by Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 228

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (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): 129 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) 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 setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) 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 setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone 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: 374 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone legitimate

Crespo, M.B., Alonso, M.A., Martínez-Azorín, M. & Sáez, L. (4 August 2020), Miscellaneous notes on nomenclature and taxonomy of some Old World names in tribe Paniceae (Panicoideae, Poaceae). Phytotaxa 454(4): 249 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone legitimate

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