Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 66 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 76 [secondary reference]

• Type: (not designated).

Raspail, F.V. (1825), Classification generale des Graminees seconde partie (suite et fin). Annales des Sciences Naturelles 5: 443 [secondary reference]

Nash, G.V. in Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), Gramineae. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 1: 246 [secondary reference]

• Type: Melica ciliata L.

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 535 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Melica. Flora of Australia 44A: 71 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised)

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