Trinius, C.B. von (1820), Fundamenta Agrostographiae: 131 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Pholiurus pannonicus (Host) Trin.

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 136 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek pholis, scale of a snake; oura, tail; alluding to the overlapping outer glumes"

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 70 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 657 [secondary reference]

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