Mueller, F.J.H. von (1876), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 10(84): 75 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In vicinia portus Curtisii; C. Moore."

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 8 [secondary reference]

Hubbard, C.E. (1934), Gramineae Australienses: II. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1934(10): 445 [basionym]

basionym of: Germainia flosculosa (F.Muell.) C.E.Hubb. legitimate

Chai-Anan, C. (April 1972), A Revision of Germainia Balansa & Poitrasson (Gramineae). Thai Forest Bulletin. Botany 6: 46 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Germainia flosculosa (F.Muell.) C.E.Hubb. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Germainia capitata Balansa & Poitr. legitimate

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