Link, H.F. (1825), Caroli a Linné Species Plantarum exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas 6 (2): 86 [tax. nov.]

Clinton, G.P. (1902), North American Ustilagineae. Journal of Mycology 8 (3): 140 [basionym]

basionym of: Sphacelotheca sorghi (Ehrenb. ex Link) G.P.Clinton legitimate

AusFungi (2019), AusFungi 21 Jan. 2019: - FungI [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Sphacelotheca sorghi (Ehrenb. ex Link) G.P.Clinton legitimate taxonomic synonym: Tilletia sorghi-vulgaris Tul. & C.Tul. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cintractia sorghi-vulgaris (Tul. & C.Tul.) G.P.Clinton legitimate

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