Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 788 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cynodon polystachyus R.Br. legitimate

Nightingale, M.E., Weiller, C.M. & Lazarides, M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Leptochloa. Flora of Australia 44B: 444 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leptochloa neesii (Thwaites) Benth. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Leptochloa neesii (Thwaites) Benth. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Rhabdochloa polystachya Kuntze orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dinebra neesii (Thwaites) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow legitimate

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