Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 196 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Isachne australis R.Br.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 130 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Panicum L. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 218 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Panicum L. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 603 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 57 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek isos, equal; akhne, glume: all the glumes are nearly equal."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 68 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek isos, equal; akhne, glume; all the glumes are nearly equal"

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 525 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 66 [secondary reference]

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 221-223 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 47 [secondary reference]

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 101-104 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 244 [secondary reference]

Macfarlane, T.D. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Isachne. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1179-1181 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Isachne. Flora of New South Wales 4: 492-493 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 617 [secondary reference]

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: 300 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 98 (fig.), 105 (fig.), 284 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from the Greek for 'equal' and 'glume'."

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 436 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Isachna T.Post & Kuntze orth. var.

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

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