Kunth, K.S. (1829), Revision des graminees Part 4: 50 [nom. nov.]

replaced synonym: Cenchrus geniculatus Thunb. legitimate

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 192-193 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum glabrum Steud. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum glabrum Steud. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cenchrus geniculatus Thunb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum glabrum Steud. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld (doubtfully 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 [basionym]

basionym of: Cenchrus thunbergii (Kunth) 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 thunbergii (Kunth) Morrone legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cenchrus thunbergii (Kunth) Morrone legitimate

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