Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 193 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (23 October 1811), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 2(1): 189 [basionym]

basionym of: Chamaeraphis abortiva (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: 306 [basionym]

basionym of: Orthopogon abortivus (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

Desvaux, N.A. (1831), Opuscules sur les Sciences Physiques et Naturelles: 82 [basionym]

basionym of: Oplismenus abortivus (R.Br.) Desv. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 499 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Chamaeraphis spinescens var. parvispicula Benth. legitimate

Pilger, R.K.F. (1928), Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem: 210 [basionym]

basionym of: Pseudoraphis abortiva (R.Br.) Pilg. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 240 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pseudoraphis abortiva (R.Br.) Pilg. legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 213 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pseudoraphis spinescens (R.Br.) Vickery legitimate

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 196 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Pseudoraphis spinescens (R.Br.) Vickery legitimate

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