Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 184 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v"

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812), Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie: 73 [basionym]

basionym of: Achneria mucronata (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: 276 [basionym]

basionym of: Aira mucronata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 134 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 7 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 624 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 358 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Aira mucronata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 71-72 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 101-102 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eriachne ovata var. pedicellata J.M.Black legitimate pro parte misapplication: Eriachne scleranthoides F.Muell. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 631

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 102 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Eriachne helmsii (Domin) W.Hartley legitimate by Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 71-72

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 50 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eriachne brevifolia R.Br. legitimate

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 200 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 52 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Eriachne helmsii (Domin) W.Hartley legitimate by Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 71-72

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 106 [secondary reference]

common name: Mountain Wanderrie Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 45 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 441 [secondary reference]

common name: Mountain wanderrie [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 34 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 144, Fig. 22J [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & McClay, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Eriachne. Flora of New South Wales 4: 562 [secondary reference]

common name: Mountain Wanderrie Grass [n/a]

Lazarides, M. (30 June 1995), The genus Eriachne (Eriachneae, Poaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 8(3): 396, figs 28Q, 17 (map) [secondary reference]

• Type: Queensland, Pt. Curtis District, Broad Sound, near Upper Head; 16.ix.1802, R. Brown (6264*, pro parte), (holo, BM; CANB, E, K).

nomenclatural synonym: Aira mucronata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne scleranthoides var. elongata Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne inermis Pilg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne mucronata var. elongata (Benth.) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne mucronata var. bimucronata Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne mucronata var. glabrifolia Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne ovata var. pedicellata J.M.Black legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne mucronata var. desertorum C.A.Gardner nom. inval.

• Text: *There is no collection in Brown's herbarium in the BM labelled Eriachne mucronata, but the above specimens, which are labelled 'E. ciliata, Aira calycina, Broad Sound', clearly refer to this species.

Lazarides, M., Van den Borre, A. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Eriachne. Flora of Australia 44B: 137-138 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Achneria mucronata (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Aira mucronata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne scleranthoides var. elongata Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne inermis Pilg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne mucronata var. bimucronata Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne mucronata var. glabrifolia Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne mucronata var. elongata (Benth.) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne ovata var. pedicellata J.M.Black legitimate common name: Mountain Wanderrie Grass [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Achneria mucronata (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Aira mucronata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne scleranthoides var. elongata Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne inermis Pilg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne mucronata var. bimucronata Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne mucronata var. glabrifolia Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriachne ovata var. pedicellata J.M.Black legitimate misapplication: Eriachne scleranthoides F.Muell. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 631

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Eriachne helmsii (Domin) W.Hartley legitimate by Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 71-72

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 261 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Mountain Wanderrie Grass [n/a]

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