Michaux, A. (1803), Flora Boreali-Americana Edn. 1, 1: 69 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "HAB. in arvis Illinoensibus."

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1841), Florae Africae Australioris Illustrationes Monographicae. 1. Gramineae: 406 [basionym]

basionym of: Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees legitimate

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