Henrard, J.Th. (30 June 1929), Plectrachne, a new genus of grasses. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zurich 74: 132 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Plectrachne schinzii Henrard

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 110 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek plektron, spur; akhne, a glume; alluding to the stiff 3-awned flowering glume"

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 79 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 446 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. (24 October 1984), New taxa of tropical Australian grasses (Poaceae). Nuytsia 5(2): 277 [secondary reference]

Brennan, K.G. (1986), Wildflowers of Kakadu: 12 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Plectrachne. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1206-1207 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. (29 August 1997), A revision of Triodia including Plectrachne (Poaceae, Eragrostideae, Triodiinae). Australian Systematic Botany 10(3): 392 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Triodia R.Br. legitimate

Lazarides, M., Weiller, C.M. & McCusker, A. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Triodia. Flora of Australia 44B: 203 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Triodia R.Br. legitimate

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 679 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Triodia R.Br. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Triodia R.Br. legitimate

Crisp, M.D., Mant, J., Toon, A. & Cook, L.G. (2015), Australian spinifex grasses: new names in Triodia for Monodia and Symplectrodia. Phytotaxa 230(3): 294 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Triodia R.Br. legitimate

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