Retzius, A.J. (1781), Observationes Botanicae: 10 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in sylvis foliosis Scaniae, vulgaris. ---"

Ewart, A.J. (1908), Contributions to the Flora of Australia No. VIII. The Victorian Naturalist 24(12): 191 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Comment: A northern hemisphere taxon recorded as a "naturalized alien" by A.J.Ewart Vict. Naturalist 24: 191 (1908), but does not appear to have persisted as a naturalised plant in Australia.

Jessop, J.P. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Melica. Flora of Australia 44A: 72 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Although recorded as occurring in Vic. by A.J.Ewart (Vict. Naturalist 24: 191, 1908) this species does not persist in Australia. The C.Walter specimen collected in 1902 and held in MEL has limited provenance information and may well represent a cultivated plant."

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