Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 569 [tax. nov.]

• Type: W. Australia, Drummond, n. 231, 376.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 133 [secondary reference]

Hughes, D.K. (1921), Revision of the Australian species of Stipa. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1921(1): 18 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: W. AUSTRALIA. Swan River, Drummond ... 376;

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

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 178 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Stipa nobilis Pilg. legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 49 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 184 [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): 63 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Stipa nobilis Pilg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stipa indeprensa J.M.Black legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stipa semibarbata var. gracilis J.M.Black legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 393-394, Fig. 79e [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 394 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Stipa mollis R.Br. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 184

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): 586 [basionym]

basionym of: Austrostipa hemipogon (Benth.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Austrostipa mollis (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 184

Everett, J., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Nairn, L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Stipeae. Flora of Australia 44A: 20 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrostipa hemipogon (Benth.) 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: 248 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

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