Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 174 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

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

basionym of: Stipa semibarbata var. mollis (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

Hughes, D.K. (1921), Revision of the Australian species of Stipa. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1921(1): 20 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "N.S. WALES. Port Jackson, Brown 6205;"

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 531 [secondary reference]

common name: Soft Spear Grass [n/a]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 53 [secondary reference]

common name: Soft Spear Grass [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Stipa plagiopogon J.M.Black legitimate

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): 74 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Stipa semibarbata var. mollis (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stipa plagiopogon J.M.Black legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Stipa. Flora of New South Wales 4: 648 [secondary reference]

common name: Speargrass [n/a]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 189 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Stipa semibarbata var. mollis (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stipa plagiopogon J.M.Black legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Stipa semibarbata var. mollis (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Stipa hemipogon Benth. 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): 587 [basionym]

basionym of: Austrostipa mollis (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrostipa mollis (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 155 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrostipa mollis (R.Br.) 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: 17 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrostipa mollis (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

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