Gaudin, J.F.G.P. (1811), Agrostologia Helvetica 1: 334 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Augustae Praetoriae ad vias apricas anno 1809 inveni. – Annua. Fl. Junio et Julio."

Cosson, E.S.-C. & Durieu de Maisonneuve, M.C. in Durieu de Maisonneuve, M.C. (1854), Exploration Scientifique de l'Algerie 2: 194 [basionym]

basionym of: Lolium perenne var. rigidum (Gaudin) Coss. & Durieu legitimate

Trabut, L.C. in Battandier, J.A. (1895), Flore de l'Algerie 1(2): 238 [basionym]

basionym of: Lolium multiflorum var. rigidum (Gaudin) Trab. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1913), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 7. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 37: 123 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 11 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Lolium strictum C.Presl legitimate common name: Wimmera 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: Wimmera Ryegrass [n/a]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 70 [secondary reference]

common name: Wimmera Rye-grass [n/a]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 26, Fig.17. [secondary reference]

common name: Wimmera Rye-grass [n/a]

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 107 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Lolium x hybridum Hausskn. legitimate by Morris, P.F. in Ewart, A.J. (1931), Gramineae. Flora of Victoria: 200 vernacular name: Wimmera Rye-grass [n/a]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 222 [secondary reference]

Löve, Á. & Löve, D. (1975), Nomenclatural Adjustments in Some European Monocotyledons. Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 10(3): 273 [basionym]

basionym of: Lolium perenne subsp. rigidum (Gaudin) Á.Löve & D.Löve legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 114 [secondary reference]

common name: Wimmera Ryegrass [n/a]

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

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 430, Fig. 551C [secondary reference]

common name: Wimmera rye grass [n/a]

Kloot, P.M. (1983), The genus Lolium in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 31(4): 428-430 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Lolium loliaceum (Bory & Chaub.) Hand.-Mazz. legitimate

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 141 [secondary reference]

common name: Annual ryegrass [n/a]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Poaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 968 [secondary reference]

common name: Wimmera Ryegrass [n/a] common name: Annual Ryegrass [n/a]

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]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 116 [secondary reference]

common name: Wimmera Ryegrass [n/a] common name: Annual Ryegrass [n/a]

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: Wimmera Ryegrass [n/a]

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

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 201-202 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Lolium perenne var. rigidum (Gaudin) Coss. & Durieu legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lolium strictum C.Presl legitimate common name: Wimmera Ryegrass [n/a]

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

common name: Wimmera Rye-grass [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 422 [secondary reference]

common name: Wimmera Ryegrass [n/a] common name: Annual Ryegrass [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Lolium rigidum Gaudin var. rigidum legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lolium multiflorum var. rigidum (Gaudin) Trab. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lolium rigidum Gaudin subsp. rigidum legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lolium perenne subsp. rigidum (Gaudin) Á.Löve & D.Löve legitimate misapplication: Lolium perenne L. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 752 misapplication: Lolium subulatum Vis. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 135, Fig. 184

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

common name: Wimmera Ryegrass [n/a]

Weiller, C.M., Walsh, N.G. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Lolium. Flora of Australia 44A: 286-287, Fig. 38D [secondary reference]

common name: Annual Ryegrass [n/a] common name: Wimmera Ryegrass [n/a]

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 378-379, photos 17-20 [secondary reference]

common name: Wimmera Ryegrass [n/a]

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