Hughes, D.K. (1921), Revision of the Australian species of Stipa. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1921(1): 26, fig. 40, 40A. [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Stipa compressa var. lachnocolea Benth. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 93 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stipa macalpinei Reader legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 176 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stipa macalpinei Reader legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Austrostipa macalpinei (Reader) 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: 25 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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