Desfontaines, R.L. (1798), Flora Atlantica 2: 379 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in montibus prope Cafsam."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(63): 124 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Andropogon bombycinus R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Andropogon lanatus R.Br. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 7 [secondary reference]

Tate, R. (1880), A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 86 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 274 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cymbopogon bombycinus (R.Br.) Domin legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(63): 124

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