Bailey, F.M. (December 1893), Contributions to the Queensland flora. Botany Bulletin. Department of Agriculture, Queensland 8: 86 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Batavia River, Hugh Millman. Cape York Peninsula, Geo. Jacobson."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 617, Fig. 594 [secondary reference]

Hubbard, C.E. (December 1936), Hooker's Icones Plantarum 34(1): subt. 3313, 3314, p. 4, t. 3313 [basionym]

basionym of: Thaumastochloa rariflora (F.M.Bailey) C.E.Hubb. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 310 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thaumastochloa rariflora (F.M.Bailey) C.E.Hubb. legitimate

Roberty, G.E. (July 1960), Monographie systématique des Andropogonées du globe. Boissiera 9: 66, 67 [basionym]

basionym of: Rottboellia corymbosa subvar. rariflora (F.M.Bailey) Roberty legitimate

Koning, R. de, Sosef, M.S.M, & Veldkamp, J.F. (1983), A revision of Heteropholis and Thaumastochloa (Gramineae). The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 36(1): 161 [secondary reference]

• Type: "F.M. Bailey 15 (BRI, holo, n.v. see note, K, n.v.), Australia, Queensland, Cook Distr., Somerset, 10°45′S, 142°35′E, June 1897."

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Thaumastochloa rariflora (F.M.Bailey) C.E.Hubb. legitimate

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