Hooker, J.D. (5 December 1853), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 1(4): 292 [primary reference]

• Comment: nom. inval. name in synonymy only under Spinifex hirsutus Labill.

Hooker, J.D. (5 December 1853), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 1(4): 292 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Spinifex hirsutus Labill. legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 333, Fig. 76 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Spinifex hirsutus Labill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Spinifex sericeus R.Br. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1933), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 31. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 143 [secondary reference]

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