Lindley, J. in Mitchell, T.L. (1848), Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia: 31 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 570-571 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 133 [secondary reference]

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 45 [secondary reference]

common name: Spear grass [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 623 [secondary reference]

Hughes, D.K. (1921), Revision of the Australian species of Stipa. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1921(1): 18 [secondary reference]

• Type: NSW... Bogan River, Mitchell 125.

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

common name: Common Spear grass [n/a]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 8 [secondary reference]

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

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 87 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Stipa variabilis Hughes legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 570-571

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 177 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Stipa setacea R.Br. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 182 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Stipa variabilis Hughes legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 570-571

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 532 [secondary reference]

common name: Rough Spear Grass [n/a]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 223 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 145 [secondary reference]

common name: Rough Speargrass [n/a]

• Comment: Treated as Stipa scabra complex.

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

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 437 [secondary reference]

common name: Rough needle-grass [n/a]

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 270 [secondary reference]

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): 107 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 67 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 2 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Stipa setacea R.Br. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 38

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 104 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Stipa. Flora of New South Wales 4: 645 [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: 188 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 383 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Stipa variabilis Hughes legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 185

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): 588 [basionym]

basionym of: Austrostipa scabra (Lindl.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

Jessup, L.W. (2005), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 3 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrostipa scabra (Lindl.) 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: 159 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrostipa scabra (Lindl.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett subsp. scabra legitimate

Everett, J., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Nairn, L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Stipeae. Flora of Australia 44A: 47 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrostipa scabra (Lindl.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

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