Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1841), Florae Africae Australioris Illustrationes Monographicae. 1. Gramineae: 409, 410 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (none cited).

• Comment: nom. illeg. several earlier epithets are cited in synonymy.

Stapf, O. in Hooker, J.D. (December 1896), Eragrostis. The Flora of British India 7(22): 316 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Eragrostis interrupta var. tenuissima Stapf legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 391 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 390 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis interrupta var. tenuissima Stapf legitimate

Palmer, J., Lazarides, M., McCusker, A. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Eragrostis. Flora of Australia 44B: 409 [secondary reference]

• Text: "This is Eragrostis japonica, a species not found in Australia."

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis interrupta var. tenuissima Stapf legitimate

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