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

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 2: 397 [basionym]

basionym of: Chaetaria ramosa (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1828), Sieber's Agrostothek. Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 11: 298 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 8 [secondary reference]

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

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 7 [secondary reference]

common name: Three Awned Spear Grass [n/a]

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

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 344-345 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Chaetaria ramosa (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 344 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Aristida vagans Cav. legitimate by Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1828), Sieber's Agrostothek. Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 11: 298

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

Henrard, J.Th. (1928), Mededeelingen van's Rijks-Herbarium 54B: 494 [secondary reference]

• Text: "The type in the Kew Herbarium, is labelled: 'R. Brown, Iter Australiense, no. 6199'"

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 84 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 531, Fig. 64 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 54, Fig. 47. [secondary reference]

common name: Purple Wire Grass [n/a]

Lazarides, M. (30 December 1980), Aristida L. (Poaceae, Aristideae) in Australia. Brunonia 3(2): 309-310 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Aristida ramosa var. scaberula Henrard legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 58, Fig. 8r, 60 [secondary reference]

common name: Cane Speargrass [n/a] common name: Cane Wire-grass [n/a] common name: Three-awn Speargrass [n/a] common name: Purple Wiregrass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 37 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 30 [secondary reference]

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 141 [secondary reference]

common name: Purple wiregrass [n/a]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 152-154 [secondary reference]

common name: Purple Wiregrass [n/a]

Simon, B.K. (24 April 1992), A revision of the genus Aristida (Poaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(2): 198, fig. 11F, plate III 43 (map) [secondary reference]

• Type: "Port Jackson, Central Coast, New South Wales, 1803, R. Brown [6199]; holo: BM (2 sheets) (photo BRI); iso: E (photo and fragment BRI), K (photo BRI)."

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4: 512 [secondary reference]

Simon, B.K. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Aristida. Flora of Australia 44B: 106, Plate 15 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Chaetaria ramosa (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate common name: Purple Wiregrass [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Chaetaria ramosa (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Aristida ramosa R.Br. var. ramosa legitimate

• APC Comment: Hybrids between Aristida ramosa and A. vagans are known from NSW.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Qld, NSW, Vic

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 132 (fig.) [secondary reference]

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