Steudel, E.G. von (1853), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1(1): 59 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Port Jackson. N. Holl."

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 159 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Paspalidium distans (Trin.) Hughes legitimate

Webster, R.D. (1995), Nomenclatural changes in Setaria and Paspalidium (Poaceae: Paniceae). Sida; contributions to botany 16(3): 442 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Setaria distans (Trin.) Veldkamp legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Paspalidium distans (Trin.) Hughes legitimate

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