Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Martius, C.F.P. von (1829), Agrostologia Brasiliensis seu Descriptio Graminum. Flora Brasiliensis seu Enumeratio Plantarum 2(1): 510, 608 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat α. in arenosis ad littus fluminis Amazonum, provinciae Paraënsis; var. β. in graminosis ad Peraguaçu fluvium, ad Engenho da Ponta aliisque locis provinciae Bahiensis. Martius. (Vidi etiam in Herb. Willd. a Siebero e Pará allatam.) Floret Aug.–Novbr."

Holtze, M. (1892), Introduced plants in the Northern Territory. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 15: 4 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: A widespread taxon, now referred to Eragrostis japonica (Thunb.) Trin., recorded by M.Holtze, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. S. Australia 15: 4 (1892), but not known to occur in Australia. Eragrostis japonica is considered to have been misapplied to Eragrostis exigua Lazarides and E. tenellula (Kunth) Steud. in Australia.

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