Endlicher, S.F.L. (1833), Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae: 21 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Crescit in Phillips-Island, insulae Norfolk ad austrum adsito. (Ferd. Bauer.)"

Steudel, E.G. von (1854), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1(3): 316 [basionym]

basionym of: Festuca kingiana (Endl.) Steud. legitimate

Petrie, D. (1915), List of Species of Flowering-Plants and Ferns Indigenous to Norfolk Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 18 [basionym]

basionym of: Agropyron kingianum (Endl.) Petrie legitimate

Löve, Á. (1984), Conspectus of the Triticeae. Feddes Repertorium Beiheft 95: 469 [basionym]

basionym of: Elymus kingianus (Endl.) Á.Löve legitimate

Connor, H.E. (1990), Elymus (Gramineae) on Norfolk Island. Kew Bulletin 45(4): 680 [basionym]

basionym of: Elymus multiflorus var. kingianus (Endl.) Connor nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 469 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Elymus multiflorus var. kingianus (Endl.) Connor nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

de Lange, P.J., Gardner, R.O., Sykes, W.R., Crowcroft, G.M., Cameron, E.K., Stalker, F., Christian, M.L. & Braggins, J.E. (2005), Vascular flora of Norfolk Island: some additions and taxonomic notes. New Zealand Journal of Botany 43: 571 [basionym]

basionym of: Elymus multiflorus subsp. kingianus (Endl.) de Lange & R.O.Gardner nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Elymus multiflorus subsp. kingianus (Endl.) de Lange & R.O.Gardner nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Barkworth, M.E. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (16 February 2011), The Triticeae (Gramineae) in Australasia. Telopea 13(1-2): 50 [basionym]

basionym of: Anthosachne multiflora subsp. kingiana (Endl.) Barkworth & S.W.L.Jacobs nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Anthosachne multiflora subsp. kingiana (Endl.) Barkworth & S.W.L.Jacobs nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Govaerts, R.H.A. (29 May 2014), New combinations for the Phillip Island wheat grass, Anthosachne kingiana subsp. kingiana (Poaceae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 27(3): 23 [basionym]

basionym of: Anthosachne kingiana (Endl.) Govaerts legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Anthosachne kingiana (Endl.) Govaerts legitimate

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