Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 202 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812), Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie: 128, 150 [basionym]

basionym of: Anatherum refractum (R.Br.) P.Beauv. 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]

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

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 6 [secondary reference]

common name: Kangaroo Grass [n/a]

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 4 [secondary reference]

common name: Kangaroo grass [n/a]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 792 [basionym]

basionym of: Sorgum refractum (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

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

common name: Barbed-wire Grass [n/a]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 265 [secondary reference]

Camus, A.A. (30 December 1921), Les Andropogonees Odorantes des Regions Tropicales. Revue de Botanique Appliquée 1 1: 279 [basionym]

basionym of: Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

Roberty, G.E. (July 1960), Monographie systématique des Andropogonées du globe. Boissiera 9: 176 [basionym]

basionym of: Cymbopogon nardus subvar. refractus (R.Br.) Roberty legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (1961), Gramineae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 19(1): 52 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

Blake, S.T. (1974), Revision of the genera Cymbopogon and Schizachyrium (Gramineae) in Australia. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 17: 57 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Port Jackson R. Brown [6177] (BM, holo; E, K, P)."

Blake, S.T. (1974), Revision of the genera Cymbopogon and Schizachyrium (Gramineae) in Australia. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 17: 57 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

Soenarko, S. (1977), The genus Cymbopogon Sprengel (Gramineae). Reinwardtia 9(3): 282-284 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 40 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 263 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 489 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 624 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

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