Trinius, C.B. von & Ruprecht, F.J. (1842), Gramina Agrostidea III. Callus obconicus (Stipacea). Memoires de l'Academie Imperiale des sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Sixieme serie 7(2) [Sci. nat. t. 5]: 54 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Texas (Hooker!)."

Vickery, J.W., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (17 August 1986), Taxonomic studies in Stipa (Poaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3(1): 69 [secondary reference]

Barkworth, M.E. (1990), Nassella (Gramineae, Stipeae): Revised Interpretation and Nomenclatural Changes. Taxon 39(4): 610 [basionym]

basionym of: Nassella leucotricha (Trin. & Rupr.) R.W.Pohl legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 377, Fig. 74b [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Nassella leucotricha (Trin. & Rupr.) R.W.Pohl legitimate common name: Texas Needle-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): 593 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nassella leucotricha (Trin. & Rupr.) R.W.Pohl legitimate

Everett, J., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Nairn, L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Stipeae. Flora of Australia 44A: 66 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nassella leucotricha (Trin. & Rupr.) R.W.Pohl legitimate

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