Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1791), Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique 1, 1(1): 175, t. 43, fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ex Insula Franciae. Commers."

Stapf, O. in Oliver, D., Thiselton Dyer, W.T., Prain, D. & Hill, A.W. (ed.) (5 August 1920), Gramineae. Flora of Tropical Africa 9(4): 573 [basionym]

basionym of: Paspalum scrobiculatum var. commersonii (Lam.) Stapf legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 242 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Paspalum scrobiculatum var. commersonii (Lam.) Stapf legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paspalum polystachyum R.Br. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 35 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Paspalum scrobiculatum L. legitimate

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 179 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Paspalum scrobiculatum L. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 222 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Paspalum scrobiculatum L. legitimate

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Poaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 317 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Paspalum scrobiculatum L. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 329 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Paspalum scrobiculatum L. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Paspalum comersonii Stanley orth. var.

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