Parlatore, F. (1850), Flora Italiana 1: 397 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Bromus macrostachys Desf. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 139 [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: 139

Weiller, C.M. & Henwood, M.J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Bromeae. Flora of Australia 44A: 82 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bromus alopecuros Poir. legitimate

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