Handel-Mazzetti, H. (1914), Annalen des K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 28: 32 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Rottboellia loliacea Bory & Chaub. legitimate

Cross, D.O. & Vickery, J.W. (22 May 1950), List of the naturalised grasses in New South Wales. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(5): 278 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 193 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Rottboellia loliacea Bory & Chaub. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lolium subulatum Vis. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lolium lepturoides Boiss. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lolium rigidum var. rottboellioides Heldr. ex Boiss. legitimate common name: Rigid rye grass [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 549 [secondary reference]

common name: Rigid Ryegrass [n/a]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 135 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lolium subulatum Vis. legitimate

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 108 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Rottboellia loliacea Bory & Chaub. legitimate vernacular name: Rigid Rye-grass [n/a] vernacular name: Stiff Rye-grass [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 113 [secondary reference]

common name: Stiff Ryegrass [n/a] common name: Rigid Ryegrass [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Lolium rigidum var. rottboellioides Heldr. ex Boiss. legitimate

Kloot, P.M. (1983), The genus Lolium in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 31(4): 432 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 35 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lolium rigidum Gaudin legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 65 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & McClay, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Lolium. Flora of New South Wales 4: 614 [secondary reference]

common name: Stiff Ryegrass [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 451 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lolium rigidum var. rottboellioides Heldr. ex Boiss. legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 202 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Rottboellia loliacea Bory & Chaub. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lolium subulatum Vis. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lolium rigidum var. rottboellioides Heldr. ex Boiss. legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 404-405, Fig. 81g [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Rottboellia loliacea Bory & Chaub. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lolium subulatum Vis. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lolium rigidum subsp. lepturoides (Boiss.) Sennen & Mauricio legitimate common name: Stiff Rye-grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 296 (fig.) -297 [secondary reference]

common name: Stiff Ryegrass [n/a]

Weiller, C.M., Walsh, N.G. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Lolium. Flora of Australia 44A: 287-288, Fig. 38G [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Rottboellia loliacea Bory & Chaub. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lolium lepturoides Boiss. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lolium rigidum subsp. lepturoides (Boiss.) Sennen & Mauricio legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lolium subulatum Vis. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lolium rigidum var. rottboellioides Heldr. ex Boiss. legitimate common name: Stiff Ryegrass [n/a]

• APC Comment: Treated as Lolium rigidum var. rottboellioides on LHI and NI by P.S.Green, Fl. Australia 49: 451 (1994).
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (doubtfully naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Rottboellia loliacea Bory & Chaub. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lolium subulatum Vis. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lolium lepturoides Boiss. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lolium rigidum var. rottboellioides Heldr. ex Boiss. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lolium rigidum var. subulatum (Vis.) Charrel legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lolium rigidum subsp. lepturoides (Boiss.) Sennen & Mauricio legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as Lolium rigidum var. rottboellioides on LHI and NI by P.S.Green, Fl. Australia 49: 451 (1994).
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (doubtfully naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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