Hackel, E. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. & Candolle, A.C.P. (April 1889), Andropogoneae. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 6: 575 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Port Jackson (Bauer in h. Vind.)."

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 791 [basionym]

basionym of: Sorgum acutiusculum (Hack.) Kuntze legitimate

Camus, A.A. (1921), Note sur le genre Dichanthium Willemet. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 27: 549 [basionym]

basionym of: Dichanthium acutiusculum (Hack.) A.Camus legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dichanthium sericeum (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

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