Swartz, O. (1788), Nova Genera & Species Plantarum seu Prodromus: 26 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Jamaica."

Ewart, A.J. (1908), Contributions to the Flora of Australia No. VIII. The Victorian Naturalist 24(12): 192 [secondary reference]

Rydberg, P.A. (1931), Taxonomic Notes on the Flora of the Prairies and Plains of Central America. Brittonia 1(2): 81 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb. legitimate

Roberty, G.E. (July 1960), Monographie systématique des Andropogonées du globe. Boissiera 9: 168 [basionym]

basionym of: Dichanthium saccharoides (Sw.) Roberty nom. illeg.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb. legitimate

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