Robyns, F.H.E.A.W. (1929), Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1: 171 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Espèce du Haut-Katanga, récoltée à la Kafubu dans d'anciennes cultures."

Clayton, W.D. (1969), A revision of the genus Hyparrhenia. Kew Bulletin Additional Series 2: 82-83 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 264 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf legitimate

Simon, B.K. (12 October 1989), Studies in Australian Grasses 4. Taxonomic and nomenclatural studies in Australian Andropogoneae. Austrobaileya 3(1): 86 [secondary reference]

Simon, B.K. (12 October 1989), Studies in Australian Grasses 4. Taxonomic and nomenclatural studies in Australian Andropogoneae. Austrobaileya 3(1): 86 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Hyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf legitimate

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