Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1045 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India."

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 201 [secondary reference]

Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 2: 836 [basionym]

basionym of: Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 5 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 132 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 16 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 276 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Roberty, G.E. (July 1960), Monographie systématique des Andropogonées du globe. Boissiera 9: 138 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (1961), Gramineae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 19(1): 58 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 494 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 265 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

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