Parlatore, F. (1840), Rariorum Plantarum et haud cognitarum in Sicilia sponte Provenientium 2: 18 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Bromus lanceolatus Roth legitimate

Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 138 [secondary reference]

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

misapplied to: Bromus alopecuros Poir. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 138

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