Blake, S.T. (1 June 1941), New genera of Australian grasses. University of Queensland, Department of Biology, Papers 1(19): 7, t. III [tax. nov.]

• Type: Zygochloa paradoxa (R.Br.) S.T.Blake

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 79 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek zygon, yoke or pair; khloe, grass; alluding to the dioecious spikelets"

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 267-269 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 55 [secondary reference]

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Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 270 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4: 504 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 80 (fig.), 403 [secondary reference]

• Neotype: "from the Greek word for 'pair' and 'grass', referring to the separate male and female plants"

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 925 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Morrone, O., Aagesen, L., Scataglini, M.A., Salariato, D.L., Denham, S.S., Chemisquy, M.A., Sede, S.M., Giussani, L.M., Kellog, E.A. & Zuloaga, F.O. (2012), Phylogeny of the Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae): integrating plastid DNA sequences and morphology into a new classification. Cladistics 28(4): 349 [secondary reference]

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