Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 573 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Recherche Bay, C. Stuart."

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 263 [secondary reference]

Morris, D.I. (30 March 1990), New taxa and a new combination in Tasmanian Poaceae. Muelleria 7(2): 167 [basionym]

basionym of: Pentapogon quadrifidus var. parviflorus (Benth.) D.I.Morris legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 276 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pentapogon quadrifidus var. parviflorus (Benth.) D.I.Morris legitimate

Kodela, P.G., Weiller, C.M. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Pentapogon. Flora of Australia 44A: 235 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pentapogon quadrifidus var. parviflorus (Benth.) D.I.Morris legitimate

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