Steudel, E.G. von (1854), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1(3): 267 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Penins. Ind. or."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 135 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 8 [secondary reference]

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 19 [secondary reference]

common name: A love grass [n/a]

Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 494 [secondary reference]

Turner, F. (1903), Botany of the Darlin, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28: 309 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 395 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Eragrostis trachycarpa (Benth.) Domin legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 135

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Eragrostis trachycarpa (Benth.) Domin legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 8

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Eragrostis trachycarpa (Benth.) Domin legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 494

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Eragrostis trachycarpa (Benth.) Domin legitimate by Turner, F. (1903), Botany of the Darlin, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28: 309

Veldkamp, J.F. (2002), Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47(1): 181-182 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Wight Herb, 1782 (holo LE (Herb. Trinius 2370.2, microfiche IDC BT-16/1); CGE, K, NY, U), designated here.

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