Desfontaines, R.L. (1798), Flora Atlantica 1: 73, t.14 [tax. nov.]

Steudel, E.G. von (1840), Nomenclator Botanicus Edn. 2, 1(5-6): 562 [basionym]

basionym of: Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. legitimate

Lazarides, M. (18 April 1997), A revision of Eragrostis (Eragrostideae, Eleusininae, Poaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 10(1): 97 [secondary reference]

• Type: Algeria: Barbaria, La Calle, Herb. Desfontaines in Herb. Webb (holo, FI, not seen; ? K; photos 6871 p.p., 6828, BRI).

Lazarides, M. (18 April 1997), A revision of Eragrostis (Eragrostideae, Eleusininae, Poaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 10(1): 97 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. legitimate

Veldkamp, J.F. (2002), Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47(1): 167 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. legitimate

Palmer, J., Lazarides, M., McCusker, A. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Eragrostis. Flora of Australia 44B: 386 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. legitimate

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