Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1841), Florae Africae Australioris Illustrationes Monographicae. 1. Gramineae: 284 [comb. nov.]

• Type: "Ad Waterfall prope Tulbagh alt. II–V (Worcester), in iugis deserti Karro inter Kochmanskloaf et flumen Gauritzriver et in regione Cannalande dicta similique deserto Alt. II et III., ad flumen Rivier zonder Eind prope Groenwaldsplaaz, Assagaiskloaf et in iugo montium inde ad flumen Brederivier procurrente (Zwellendam); Ecklon; eodem districtu etiam legit Mundt (Herb. Reg. Berol.)"

basionym: Pentameris airoides Nees legitimate

Ewart, A.J., White, J.R. & Tovey, J.R. (1908), Contributions to the Flora of Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 42: 186 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 108 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pentaschistis airoides (Nees) Stapf legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 54 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pentaschistis airoides (Nees) Stapf legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pentaschistis airoides (Nees) Stapf legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Pentameris airoides Nees legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pentameris airoides Nees legitimate

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