Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Gramineae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 96 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In littore arenoso prope oppidulum Freemantle, Dec. a. 1838. Herb. Preiss. No. 1833 (ex parte)"

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 269 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Spinifex hirsutus Labill. legitimate

Craig, G.F. (24 October 1984), Reinstatement of Spinifex sericeus R.Br. and hybrid status of S. alterniflorus Nees (Poaceae). Nuytsia 5(1): 72-73, Fig. 4 (map) APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: A hybrid taxon involving Spinifex hirsutus and S. longifolius.
• APC Dist.: WA

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 37 [secondary reference]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Poaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 990 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 435 [secondary reference]

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 256-257, photos 1-5 [secondary reference]

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