Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 82 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Aristida adscensionis L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 35 [secondary reference]

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 173 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 132 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Arthratherum P.Beauv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chaetaria P.Beauv. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 622 [secondary reference]

common name: Three-awned Spear Grasses [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 64 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Latin arista, an awn: alluding to the trifid awn."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 81 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Latin arista, an awn; alluding to the trifid awn"

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 163 [secondary reference]

common name: Wind-grass [n/a] common name: Spear Grass [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 530 [secondary reference]

common name: Three-awned Spear Grasses [n/a]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 54 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. (30 December 1980), Aristida L. (Poaceae, Aristideae) in Australia. Brunonia 3(2): 271-333 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 36 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 44-449, 450,, 451, 452 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 146-148 [secondary reference]

common name: Wiregrass [n/a]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 93, 412 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Streptachne R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chaetaria P.Beauv. legitimate

Simon, B.K. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Aristida. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1122-1123 [secondary reference]

Simon, B.K. (24 April 1992), A revision of the genus Aristida (Poaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(2): 146 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4: 506-507 [secondary reference]

common name: Kerosene grasses [n/a] common name: Threeawn grasses [n/a]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 322 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 549 [secondary reference]

Simon, B.K. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Aristida. Flora of Australia 44B: 71-72 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Arthratherum P.Beauv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arthraterum Roem. & Schult. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), NT, SA, Qld, NSW (native and naturalised), ACT (native and formerly naturalised), Vic, Tas (naturalised)

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 82 (fig.), 123-126 [secondary reference]

common name: Kerosene Grasses [n/a] common name: Threeawn Grasses [n/a] common name: Wiregrasses [n/a]

• Etymology: "from the Latin word for 'awn'."

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 66 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Streptachne R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chaetaria P.Beauv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arthratherum P.Beauv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arthraterum Roem. & Schult. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Aristida sect. Chaetaria (P.Beauv.) Rchb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aristida sect. Arthratherum (P.Beauv.) Rchb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aristida sect. Chaetaria (P.Beauv.) Trin. isonym taxonomic synonym: Aristida sect. Kielboul Kuntze nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Aristida sect. Streptachne (R.Br.) Domin legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), NT, SA, Qld, NSW (native and naturalised), ACT (native and formerly naturalised), Vic, Tas (naturalised)

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