Pilger, R.K.F. (1907), Gramineae africanae. VII. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 40: 82 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Leptochloa plectostachya K.Schum. legitimate

Hartley, W. (1953), Standardized Plant Names: a revised list of standard common names for the more important Australian grasses, other pasture plants, and weeds. Bulletin (CSIRO) 272: 25 [secondary reference]

Nightingale, M.E., Lazarides, M. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Cynodon. Flora of Australia 44B: 307 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst var. nlemfuensis legitimate by Hartley, W. (1953), Standardized Plant Names: a revised list of standard common names for the more important Australian grasses, other pasture plants, and weeds. Bulletin (CSIRO) 272: 25

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (3 October 2014), Appendix A. Name and status changes 2013 census to 2014 census. Census of the Queensland Flora: 27 [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (August 2016), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2015 census to 2016 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2016: 24 [secondary reference]

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