Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 207 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Rottboellia compressa L.f. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 13 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 510 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 131 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 16 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hemarthria uncinata R.Br. legitimate common name: Mackay Sugar Grass [n/a]

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 23 [secondary reference]

common name: Sugar grass [n/a]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 258 [doubtful taxonomic synonym]

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Hemarthria uncinata R.Br. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 619 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 261 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Rottboellia compressa var. australis Hack. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 54 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Rottboellia compressa L.f. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 59 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hemarthria uncinata R.Br. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 306 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hemarthria uncinata R.Br. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 46 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hemarthria uncinata R.Br. var. uncinata legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 359 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hemarthria uncinata R.Br. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Hemarthria uncinata R.Br. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 207

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