Parlatore, F. (1842), Plantae Novae vel minus notae opusculis diversis olim descriptae: 59 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Avellinia michelii (Savi) Parl.

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (15 April 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(1): 71 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 525 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "After Giulio Avellino, a Neapolitan botanist."

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 62 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 434 [secondary reference]

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: 940 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 53 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Trisetaria Forssk. legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 454 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 404 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 82 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (doubtfully naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 82 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Trisetaria Forssk. legitimate

Weiller, C.M., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Avellinia. Flora of Australia 44A: 154 [secondary reference]

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