Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 764 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cynodon tenellus R.Br. legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 364 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Microchloa tenella (R.Br.) Domin legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 214 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachyachne tenella (R.Br.) C.E.Hubb. legitimate

Lazarides, M., Quinn, F. & Palmer, J. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Brachyachne. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1133 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Brachyachne tenella (R.Br.) C.E.Hubb. legitimate

Nightingale, M.E., Lazarides, M. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Brachyachne. Flora of Australia 44B: 297 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachyachne tenella (R.Br.) C.E.Hubb. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cynodon tenellus R.Br. legitimate

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