Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812), Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie: 55, 152, 153, t. 11, fig. 5 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 586 [secondary reference]

Niles, C.D. & Chase, A. (1925), A bibliographic study of Beauvois' Agrostographie. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 24: 174 [secondary reference]

• Type: Arrhenatherum avenaceum P.Beauv., nom. illeg.

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 104 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek arrhen, male; ather, awn; alluding to the awn of the male flower"

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 39 [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: 539 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 36 [secondary reference]

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

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Poaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 939-940 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 122 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Arrhenatherum. Flora of New South Wales 4: 589-590 [secondary reference]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 234 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 448 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 400 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 89 (fig.), 104 (fig.), 133 [secondary reference]

common name: Oatgrass [n/a]

• Etymology: "from the Greek words for 'male' and 'awn', referring to the awned male floret."

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 68 APC [secondary reference]

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

Kodela, P.G., Weiller, C.M. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Arrhenatherum. Flora of Australia 44A: 127 [secondary reference]

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