Hitchcock, A.S. (1920), The North American species of Echinochloa. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 22(3): 135-136 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Oplismenus polystachyus Kunth legitimate

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Poaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 291-292, Fig. 71 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 228 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Aleman grass [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Oplismenus polystachyus Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Echinochloa praestans P.W.Michael legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Hosking, J.R., Conn, B.J., Lepschi, B.J. & Barker, C.H. (2011), Plant species first recognised as naturalised or naturalising for New South Wales in 2004 and 2005. Cunninghamia 12(1): 90 [secondary reference]

common name: Aleman grass [n/a]

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