Sprengel, C.P.J. (1830), Memoires de l'Academie Imperiale des sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Sixieme serie 6 (1): 77 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "V. sp. Brasil. merid."

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

Vickery, J.W., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (17 August 1986), Taxonomic studies in Stipa (Poaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3(1): 72 [secondary reference]

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

basionym of: Nassella megapotamia (Spreng. ex Trin.) Barkworth legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Nassella. Flora of New South Wales 4: 639 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nassella megapotamia (Spreng. ex Trin.) Barkworth legitimate

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 megapotamia (Spreng. ex Trin.) Barkworth legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 305 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nassella megapotamia (Spreng. ex Trin.) Barkworth 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 megapotamia (Spreng. ex Trin.) Barkworth legitimate

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