Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 571 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "W. Australia, Drummond, n. 133; Murchison River, Oldfield."

Hughes, D.K. (1921), Revision of the Australian species of Stipa. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1921(1): 22 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Swan River, Drummond 133"

Hughes, D.K. (1921), Revision of the Australian species of Stipa. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1921(1): 22 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stipa tenuiglumis Hughes legitimate

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

basionym of: Stipa variabilis var. striata (Benth.) C.A.Gardner legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Stipa flavescens Labill. legitimate

Vickery, J.W., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (17 August 1986), Taxonomic studies in Stipa (Poaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3(1): 59 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stipa flavescens Labill. legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 190 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stipa flavescens Labill. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Austrostipa flavescens (Labill.) 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: 29 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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