Black, J.M. (1920), Additions to the flora of South Australia. No. 17. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 44: 191, t. IX. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Nullabor Plain (per Dr. R.S. Rogers); Petersborough; Enfield; Pinnaroo; Moonta (J.M.B.)."

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 66, Pl. 2 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 89 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stipa drummondii Steud. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 179 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stipa arachnopus Pilg. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Stipa drummondii Steud. legitimate

Vickery, J.W., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (17 August 1986), Taxonomic studies in Stipa (Poaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3(1): 47 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Nullarbor Plain, R.S. Rogers, 4.1911 (AD 97424081; isolectotypes MEL 59940, NSW 116254).

Vickery, J.W., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (17 August 1986), Taxonomic studies in Stipa (Poaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3(1): 47 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stipa drummondii Steud. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Austrostipa drummondii (Steud.) 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: 45 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Austrostipa drummondii (Steud.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

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