Labillardière, J.J.H. de (1805), Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 1(2-4): 23, t. 29 [tax. nov.]

• Type: in capite Van-Diemen.

Dryander, J.C. in Koenig, K.D.E. & Sims, J. (ed.) (1 September 1806), Chloris Novae Hollandiae; or, Catalogue of the Plants of New Holland and Van Dieman's Island hitherto published, as far as they have come to the knowledge of J. Dryander. Annals of Botany 2(3): 507 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (24 October 1854), Second general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the Colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 16 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 132 [secondary reference]

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 44 [secondary reference]

common name: Silver-plumed spear gass [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 622 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 65 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 8 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 86, Fig. 106 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 172 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 144 [secondary reference]

common name: Spider Grass [n/a] common name: Feather Speargrass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 54 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 38 [secondary reference]

Vickery, J.W., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (17 August 1986), Taxonomic studies in Stipa (Poaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3(1): 51 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: There are two sheets at Florence (FI-W) annotated 'Nova Hollandia et Van Diemen'. One of these bears copious notes in Labillardiere's handwriting and we here designated this specimen as Lectotype (isolectotypes G, B-W).

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Poaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 994 [secondary reference]

common name: Feather Speargrass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Stipa. Flora of New South Wales 4: 642-643, pl. 32 [secondary reference]

common name: Feather Speargrass [n/a]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 381, Fig. 75e-f [secondary reference]

common name: Feather Spear-grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (1 July 1996), Austrostipa, a new genus, and new names for Australasian species formerly included in Stipa (Gramineae). Telopea 6(4): 585 [basionym]

basionym of: Austrostipa elegantissima (Labill.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 153 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrostipa elegantissima (Labill.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

Everett, J., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Nairn, L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Stipeae. Flora of Australia 44A: 59 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrostipa elegantissima (Labill.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 246 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrostipa elegantissima (Labill.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

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