Steudel, E.G. von (1854), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1(3): 279 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Poa abortiva R.Br. legitimate

Nightingale, M.E. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Heterachne. Flora of Australia 44B: 412 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Heterachne abortiva (R.Br.) Druce legitimate

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (24 June 2021), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2020. Nuytsia 32: 12 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Heterachne abortiva (R.Br.) Druce legitimate

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