Schweinfurth, G.A. (1894), Sammlung arabisch-aethiopischer Pflanzen Ergebnisse von Reisen in den Jahren 1881, 88, 89, 91 und 92. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 2, Appendix 2: 34 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Chloris mucronata Michx. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Dactyloctenium mucronatum (Michx.) Willd. legitimate

• Comment: Reference to basionym indirect, via Schweinfurth's citation of "W. Enum. 1029" [i.e. C.L.Willdenow, Enum. Pl. 2: 1029 (1809)], the place of publication of Dactyloctenium mucronatum (Michx.) Willd.

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 176 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. legitimate

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