Endlicher, S.F.L. (1833), Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae: 18 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Crescit in insula Norfolk. (Ferd. Bauer.)"

Henrard, J.Th. (15 January 1950), Monograph of the genus Digitaria: 748 [basionym]

basionym of: Digitaria timorensis var. norfolkiana (Nees ex Endl.) Henrard legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 490 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Digitaria setigera Roth ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Digitaria setigera Roth ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

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