Steudel, E.G. von (1853), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1(1): 40 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cynodon ternatus A.Rich. legitimate

Hooker, J.D. (April 1896), Gramineae. The Flora of British India 7(21): 17 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Paspalum ternatum (A.Rich.) Hook.f. legitimate

Webster, R.D. (31 January 1984), A revision of the genus Digitaria Haller (Paniceae: Poaceae) in Australia. Brunonia 6(2): 207 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Digitaria ternata (A.Rich.) Stapf legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 346 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Digitaria ternata (A.Rich.) Stapf legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Digitaria ternata (A.Rich.) Stapf legitimate

Boonsuk, B., Chantaranothai, P. & Hodkinson, T.R. (2016), A taxonomic revision of the genus Digitaria (Panicoideae: Poaceae) in mainland Southeast Asia. Phytotaxa 246(4): 269 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Digitaria ternata (A.Rich.) Stapf legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Digitaria ternata (A.Rich.) Stapf legitimate

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