Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1049 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 469 [secondary reference]

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 205 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 131 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hologamium Nees legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Spodiopogon Trin. legitimate

Nash, G.V. (30 June 1909), Poaceae. North American Flora 17(1): 94 [secondary reference]

• Type: Ischaemum muticum L.

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 617 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 298 [secondary reference]

Roberty, G.E. (July 1960), Monographie systématique des Andropogonées du globe. Boissiera 9: 328-347 [secondary reference]

Vickery, J.W. (1961), Gramineae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 19(1): 19-21 [secondary reference]

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

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 245-246 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 139, 268 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Meoschium P.Beauv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Digastrium (Hack.) A.Camus legitimate

Simon, B.K. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Ischaemum. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1181 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Edgar, E. (1993), Poaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 507 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Wall, C.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Ischaemum. Flora of New South Wales 4: 429 [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: 302 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 85 (fig.), 284-285 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from the Greek word for 'thigh-joint socket'."

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]

• APC Dist.: WA, CoI, ChI, NT, Qld, NSW (native and naturalised)

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