Desvaux, É.É. in Gay, C. (1854), Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile ... Botanica [Flora Chilena] 6: 242 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Antuco (Poepp., III, in Herb. Monac.!), Valdivia (Cl. Gay). Cojida tambien en el Perú por Pavon (Herb. Boissier.!)"

Simon, B.K. (June 1978), A preliminary check-list of Australian grasses. Technical Bulletin, Botany Branch, Queensland Department of Primary Industries 3: 42 [secondary reference]

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 172 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Paspalus dasypleurum Desv. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: Vic (formerly naturalised)

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