Aira elegantissima Schur legitimate | sensu Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census
Aira capillaris Host nom. illeg. Aira elegantissima Schur subsp. elegantissima legitimate
Aira elegans Willd. ex Gaudin auct. non Willd. ex Gaudin: Cross, D.O. & Vickery, J.W. (22 May 1950), List of the naturalised grasses in New South Wales. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(5): 275 Aira elegans Willd. ex Gaudin auct. non Willd. ex Gaudin: Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Gramineae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 1906 Aira elegans Willd. ex Gaudin auct. non Willd. ex Gaudin: Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 247 Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth auct. non Willd. ex Kunth: Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 461, Fig. 90c
  • WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)