Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 531 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Victoria River, F. Mueller; Nerkool Creek, Bowman."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 619 [secondary reference]

Blake, S.T. (1944), Monographic studies in the Australian Andropogoneae, Part I, including revisions of the genera Bothriochloa, Capillipedium, Chrysopogon, Vetiveria and Spathia. University of Queensland, Department of Biology, Papers 2(3): 52 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "NORTHERN TERRITORY.–North Australia: Victoria R., Dec., 1855, Mueller (MEL; ...)"

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

taxonomic synonym of: Dichanthium fecundum S.T.Blake legitimate

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